Bill Text: HI HB224 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hawaiian Language Immersion Program; Student Assessment; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-13 1:30PM in conference room 312. [HB224 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB224-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 534
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 224
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 224, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Education, with the assistance of the Hawaiian language community, to establish procedures to develop annual assessments for specified subject areas and grade levels for purposes of educational accountability under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;
(2) Requiring that the annual assessments, among other things, be:
(A) Aligned with the vision, mission, and programmatic goals of the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program;
(B) Aligned with applicable state academic content and achievement standards;
(C) Compliant with federal requirements; and
(D) Administered annually commencing with the 2015-2016 school year;
(3) Deleting the appropriations provisions;
(4) Changing its effective date to upon its approval; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 224, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 224, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair |
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