REPORT TITLE:
Education; course offerings


DESCRIPTION:
Gives the Department more flexibility in regulating courses of
study.

 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 302A-1128, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  The department shall regulate the courses of study to
 
 4 be pursued in all grades of public schools and classify them by
 
 5 methods the department deems proper; provided that:
 
 6     [(1)  The course of study and instruction in the first eight
 
 7           grades shall be so regulated that not less than fifty
 
 8           per cent of the study and instruction in each school
 
 9           day is devoted to the oral expression, the written
 
10           composition, and the spelling of the English language,
 
11           except for special projects using the Hawaiian language
 
12           as approved by the board;
 
13      (2)] (1)  All pupils shall be progressively competent in the
 
14           use of computer technology; and
 
15     [(3)] (2)  The course of study and instruction for the first
 
16           twelve grades shall enable all students to meet
 
17           progressive standards of competency in a language in
 
18           addition to English.
 
19      For the purposes of this subsection, the terms progressively
 

 
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 1 competent in the use of computer technology and "progressive
 
 2 standards of competency in a language in addition to English"
 
 3 shall be defined by the board through rules adopted pursuant to
 
 4 chapter 91, with reference to relevant national or international
 
 5 standards of competency.  Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2)
 
 6 [and (3)] to the contrary, the board, through rules adopted
 
 7 pursuant to chapter 91, shall formulate statewide educational
 
 8 policies allowing the superintendent to exempt certain students
 
 9 from the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) [and (3)]."
 
10      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
11 New statutory material is underscored.
 
12      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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14                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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