STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1871
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: S.B. No. 807
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 807, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Require the academic plan for each school to include:
(A) A clear accounting of all resources that will be allocated to address and achieve each measurable outcome;
(B) The school's priority improvement strategies and measures to determine progress;
(C) Student growth indicators;
(D) Information about programs intended to address social and economic conditions that adversely impact student learning;
(E) A breakdown of certain teacher vacancy data; and
(F) Average class sizes for all regular education, special education, and content‑based English‑language learning classes; and
(2) Require the Department of Education to submit an annual report to the Legislature and the Board of Education on the academic and financial plan of each school, grouped by complex area.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Requiring the academic plan to include indicators from the school's status improvement reports related to teacher workforce experience and the number of teachers with advanced degrees;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2021; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 807, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 807, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |