STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1063

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 190

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 190 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW POLICY NO. 6701 IN LIGHT OF THE STATE'S EFFORT TO RENOVATE AND BUILD TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHOOLS AND TO REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education to:

    

     (1)  Review its Policy No. 6701 in light of the State's efforts to renovate and build twenty-first century schools; and

 

     (2)  Report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs.

 

     Your Committees find that the State is exploring ways to renovate and build new schools that meet twenty-first century education standards that incorporate new strategies for school design to accommodate a wide range of learning styles, promote community interaction with the school, and allow the use of advanced technology and energy efficient systems.

 

     Your Committees further find that the Board of Education may need to review Board Policy No. 6701, which provides acreage guidelines for elementary, intermediate, middle, and high schools, as this policy may limit the State's ability to renovate and build new schools that meet twenty-first century standards.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 190 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair