STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1314

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.R. No. 179

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 179 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to improve the public education system in Hawaii by requesting the President of the United States and the United States Congress to modify the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) to allow the states greater flexibility and authority under NCLB, and to provide increased federal funding commensurate with the increased services needed to achieve NCLB requirements.

Additionally, this resolution requests:

(1) The development of a transparent and uniform process for considering waiver applications;

(2) The reexamination of the financial consequences for states that choose not to participate in NCLB; and

(3) An implementation study of federal and state funding, adequate yearly progress provisions, and other significant provisions of NCLB.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association, American Heart Association, and numerous individuals testified in support of this resolution. The Department of Education supported the intent of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 179 and recommends its adoption.

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

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair