STAND. COM. REP. NO.1063

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1364

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1364, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill, as received, is to appropriate funds for tuition reimbursement for Department of Education teachers who pursue continuing education for professional development.

Your Committee circulated a proposed draft of this bill that amends the Hawaii arts education law and appropriates funds for sixteen new teacher resource positions in the department. This proposed draft:

(1) Continues the existence of the Hawaii arts education partners;

(2) Encourages the Hawaii arts education partners to persevere in its efforts to fully implement the terms of the Hawaii arts education strategic plan 2001;

(3) Continues the annual reports from the state foundation on culture and the arts including the reporting of the progress of the Hawaii arts education partners;

(4) Appropriates funds for state resource teacher positions for each of the four main disciplines of fine arts, namely the visual arts, music, drama, theatre, and dance; and

(5) Appropriates funds for staff development that specifically relates to the implementation of the Hawaii arts education strategic plan.

The Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education supported the proposed draft. The Department of Education supported the intent of the proposed draft.

Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its substance and inserting the contents of the proposed draft.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1364, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1364, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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KEN ITO, Chair