HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.157         
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                                
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                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A NEW POLICY
   TO PRIORITIZE THE REPLACEMENT OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS.



 1       WHEREAS, the Department of Education (DOE) has for many
 2   years found it necessary to house students in temporary
 3   classrooms to meet the ever-increasing student population in
 4   the State's public school system; and
 5   
 6       WHEREAS, increases in the student population and the DOE's
 7   resulting reliance on an even greater number of temporary
 8   classrooms exceeds the State's capacity to fund permanent
 9   replacement classrooms; and
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11       WHEREAS, the DOE relies upon a priority matrix to determine
12   the selection and scheduling for those schools where permanent
13   classrooms will be constructed to replace temporary classrooms;
14   and 
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16       WHEREAS, the continued use of this priority matrix has
17   resulted in apparent inequities, where replacement of temporary
18   classrooms is not proportionate to:
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20       (1)  The percent and number of students housed in temporary
21            classrooms; 
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23       (2)  The number of temporary classrooms in use; and
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25       (3)  The number of years that temporary classrooms have
26            been in use at a particular school; now, therefore,
27   
28       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
29   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
30   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that the DOE is requested to
31   adopt a planning priority policy whereby a school that:
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33       (1)  Has twenty-five percent or more of its student body
34            housed in temporary classrooms will be given top
35            priority for new permanent classrooms;
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37       (2)  Has continuously used temporary classrooms for fifteen
38            years or more; and 

 
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 1       (3)  Has adequate numbers of classrooms in use to warrant a
 2            new permanent structure;
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 4   shall be given the highest priority on the aforementioned
 5   facilities planning matrix; and
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 7       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
 8   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of
 9   Education and the Chairperson of the Board of Education.
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