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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

  ENCOURAGING ALL SCHOOLS IN HAWAII TO INCLUDE MUSIC AS A REGULAR
    AND INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR CORE CURRICULUM.



 1       WHEREAS, music is essential to the preservation and
 2   perpetuation of culture and the quality of life in our society;
 3   and
 4   
 5       WHEREAS, music is basic to the education of all children,
 6   youth, adults, and senior citizens in Hawaii, and should be a
 7   required subject in all schools; and
 8   
 9       WHEREAS, recent research has provided conclusive evidence
10   that education in music can have a significant and positive
11   impact on the development of the brain and intelligence; and
12   
13       WHEREAS, in 1991, the United States 102nd Congress, House
14   of Representatives, submitted in the Congressional Record that
15   music is critical to the education of all in fostering
16   creativity, teaching effective communications, providing tools
17   for a critical assessment of the world around us, and
18   instilling abiding values of self-discipline and commitment;
19   and
20   
21       WHEREAS, music is included as a core subject in the
22   National Educational Goals 2000, and all school music programs
23   should be designed to meet the National Standards for Music
24   Education; and
25   
26       WHEREAS, problems of inequality in the provision of musical
27   experiences for all students continue to exist in our State,
28   and a long-range plan to ensure equality needs to be developed;
29   and
30   
31       WHEREAS, there are inconsistencies in the implementation of
32   music education programs in the public schools of Hawaii; now,
33   therefore,
34   
35       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
36   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session

 
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 1   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that this body encourage all
 2   schools in Hawaii to include music as a regular and integral
 3   part of their core curriculum; and
 4   
 5       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education
 6   collaborate with the Task Force on Music Education in Hawaii to
 7   ensure that the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards and
 8   each school in Hawaii include for all students the essential
 9   musical experiences as described in the document "Music
10   Education in Hawaii" and other educational resources; and
11   
12       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education
13   report on the compliance and progress of the state-operated
14   schools and programs to the Legislature no later than twenty
15   days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2000, and
16   that this process be continued at three-year intervals
17   thereafter; and
18   
19       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
20   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of
21   Education, the Chairperson of the Board of Education, the
22   Executive Director of the Hawaii Association of Independent
23   Schools, and the Task Force on Music Education in Hawaii.