STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2242

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 895

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 895 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to education.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language to:

(1) Establish new requirements for teacher-led kindergarten assessments in public and charter schools;

(2) Authorize the Board of Education to adopt rules; and

(3) Repeal certain requirements for the Department of Education and State Public Charter School Commission to share data with the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 895, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Education, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 895, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair