CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 28

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 807

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 807, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require each school's academic plan to include a clear accounting of all resources that will be allocated to address and achieve each measurable outcome; the school's priority improvement strategies and measures to determine progress; student growth indicators; information about programs intended to address social and economic conditions that adversely impact student learning; a breakdown of certain teacher vacancy data; average class sizes for all regular education, special education, and content‑based English‑language learning classes; and teacher workforce experience metrics; and

(2) Require the Department of Education to submit an annual report on the school academic and financial plans to the Board of Education and the Legislature before the convening of each regular session.

Your Committee on Conference finds that there is a greater need for transparency and accountability from the Department of Education. Your Committee further finds that establishing clear guidance for what should be included in a school's academic plan will better inform the Legislature, Board of Education, and communities of what the school's measurable outcomes are and how resources are allocated to achieve those outcomes.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by clarifying that the data inputs required for student growth indicators, teacher vacancy data, average class size, and school status and improvement report data shall be preloaded into the academic and financial plan template by the Department of Education, and not the individual schools' principals or complex superintendent.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 807, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 807, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ AMY A. PERRUSO Co-Chair	____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair