STAND. COM. REP. NO.2561

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2099

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2099, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an interagency working group within the University of Hawaii that will establish a comprehensive, linked preschool to graduate school (P-20) student database for Hawaii.

Specifically, this measure requires the working group to define the purpose of the student database within the State's overall educational system and to define an acceptable protocol for linking student data across the State's educational system.

Furthermore, this measure appropriates general funds for the working group.

Your Committee finds that the State's three systems of education – preschool, K-12, and higher education - are interdependent and share common goals, but have no formal mechanisms to ensure linkages. This lack of coherence and connectedness among the systems results in confusion and lower quality educational experiences than is desirable. Your Committee further finds that creation of the working group will assist in developing a seamless system of education that will best meet the needs of all individuals in the State.

 

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2099, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair