STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1449

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 26

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.R. No. 26 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ESTABLISH, IMPLEMENT, AND MONITOR STATEWIDE POLICIES FOR FAMILY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to support family-school partnerships in education.

 

     More specifically, this measure requests the Board of Education and the Department of Education to:

 

(1)  Continue to collaborate with family and community organizations to establish, implement, and monitor statewide policy recommendations for family engagement in public schools;

 

(2)  Take the actions necessary to fulfill the legislative intent of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 145, Regular Session of 2011, and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 79, Regular Session of 2012; and

 

(3)  Report their findings and recommendations regarding the facilitation of family-school partnerships, including any proposed legislation and the status of the actions taken to fulfill the legislative intent of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 145 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 79, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2014.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.

 

     Your Committee finds that family-school partnerships in public education can help create policies, strategies, and practices that support learning and improve student achievement.  Your Committee also finds that the Department of Education, in collaboration with a working group comprised of family and community organizations, completed numerous actions in preparation for updating and implementing statewide policies for family-school partnerships.  This measure will enable the Department and the working group to continue their work and fulfill the legislative intent of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 145 (2011) and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 79 (2012).

 

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 26 and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair