STAND. COM. REP. NO.  19

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 908

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 908 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide greater flexibility for certain public schools by providing that the single school calendar required for all public schools will not apply to schools designated by the Board of Education in furtherance of a plan to improve educational outcomes in students.

 

     The Department of Education supported this bill.

 

     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 H.B. No. 908 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair