STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2571

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2960

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2960 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to restructure the administration of the Department of Education.

 

More specifically, this measure divides the Department of Education into two major divisions:

 

(1)  The Academic Achievement Division, which will be responsible for improvements in student achievement and administering educational policy; and

 

(2)  The Administrative Division, which will be responsible for providing quality support and central services.

 

This measure also establishes two deputy superintendent positions, to be appointed by the Superintendent of Education, to head the new divisions.

 

Your Committee received no written comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure would implement a key recommendation of the Task Force on Reinventing Government by realigning the Department of Education's functions and redistributing existing administrators' responsibilities to improve the organizational structure and accountability of the Department.  Your Committee further finds that this measure is budget-neutral and will require no additional funding to implement.

 

     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. 2960 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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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair