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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            
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
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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
37   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that this body encourage all
38   schools in Hawaii to include music as a regular and integral
39   part of their core curriculum; and

 
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 1       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each school in Hawaii include
 2   for all students essential musical experiences described in the
 3   document "Music Education in Hawaii"; and
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 5       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that state-operated schools and
 6   programs report on their compliance and progress to the House
 7   Education Committee no later than twenty days prior to the
 8   convening of the Regular Session of 2000, and that this process
 9   be continued at three-year intervals thereafter; and
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11       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
12   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of
13   Education, the Chairperson of the Board of Education, and the
14   Executive Director of the Hawaii Association of Independent
15   Schools.
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