STAND. COM. REP. NO.499

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 9

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Economic Development, to which was referred S.B. No. 9 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the development of educational materials produced in Hawaii that align with the Hawaii content and performance standards.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii College of Education and the Department of Education.

Your Committees find that there are potential opportunities for the development of educational materials here in Hawaii that can be used in Hawaii's public schools and which will more closely align with Hawaii's content and performance standards. Your Committees further find that this potential market would benefit not only local producers of these materials, but the students who would be using materials more closely tailored to Hawaii's academic requirements.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Economic Development that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 9 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Economic Development,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair