STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1269

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 9

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 9 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CARRY ON ITS WORK TO BETTER ENGAGE COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Education to carry on its work to better engage community groups in the education of children and youth in Hawaii's public schools.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaii Afterschool Alliance, Hawaii Island School Garden Network, Native Hawaiian Education Council, Hawaii Children's Action Network, Hui for Excellence in Education, and six individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that engagement between schools and the community is important for the learning and development of Hawaii's students.  Your Committee further finds that the Community Engagement Office of the Department of Education was established in August 2016, to coordinate and facilitate the building of collaborative partnerships, as well as afterschool and out-of-school programming.  Your Committee additionally finds that organizations within the community can assist the Department of Education by providing hands-on education in real life skills.  This measure will encourage the Department of Education to continue its effort to engage with the communities of Hawaii's students.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that all public school students in Hawaii deserve access to safe, quality after-school programs instead of only middle and intermediate school students; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 9, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 9, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

________________________________

MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair