STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1101

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 86

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 86 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AN INVENTORY OF ALL TEXTBOOKS FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to develop an inventory of all textbooks currently in use in all public schools, and to report the findings and recommendations to the 2010 Legislature.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Education is in support of this measure and that the Department will explore existing informational databases regarding modifications that can be made to include information about the publication date of all textbooks currently in use, classification of textbooks in elementary, middle, and high school grade levels, adequacy of the inventory of books in relation to the number of students, and a list of recommended textbooks.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 86 and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair