Bill Text: HI SCR80 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Department of Education; Late-born Children

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-22 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-19-12. [SCR80 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR80-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1804-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 80

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 80, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CHILDREN WHO ARE LATE-BORN AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to conduct research on the correlation between children who are late-born and the high school drop-out rate.

 

     This measure also requests that the Department of Education submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013.

 

     The Early Learning Council and the Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children supported this measure. The Department of Education provided comments on this measure.

 

     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. 80, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair