STAND. COM. REP. NO.979-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.C.R. No. 187

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 187 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO EVALUATE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND PROGRAMMATIC EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STATE'S INTEGRATED SPECIAL EDUCATION DATABASE SYSTEM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Auditor to evaluate the operational efficiency and programmatic effectiveness of the State's integrated special education database system (ISPED).

The Department of Education (DOE) submitted testimony in support of the intent of this measure, but opposing it as currently drafted.

Your Committees find that ISPED is far behind schedule and has contributed to the already enormous costs of complying with the Felix Consent Decree. It is unclear whether ISPED will achieve the intended goal of reducing and simplifying paperwork used for planning and determining appropriate services.

Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Requesting the Auditor to also assess confidentiality issues relating to ISPED; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 187, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 187, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Education,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair