Bill Text: HI SCR95 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education; Internet Use; Social Media

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-30 - (S) Report adopted, referred to EDT. [SCR95 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR95-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3041

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 95

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 95 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, TO EXAMINE LOCAL AND NATIONAL MODELS OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS AND RECOMMEND ANY NEW GUIDELINES TO INCREASE INTERNET ACCESS TO ALLOW THE RESPONSIBLE AND POSITIVE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM, WHILE ENSURING NECESSARY PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT ABUSE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Board of Education and Department of Education, in collaboration with the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, to examine models of best practices for the use of technology in schools and recommend any new guidelines to allow for the responsible and positive integration of social media in the classroom.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; Hawaii Association of Independent Schools; Makai Mann, a student at Kamehameha Schools Maui High School; Christian Fernandez, a student at Kamehameha Schools Maui High School; Luisa Akaveka, a student at Kalaheo High School; Hannah Carnes, a student at Kalaheo High School; and Christopher Mooney, a student at Punahou School.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Jamie Chan, a student at Punahou School.

     Your Committee finds that as the role of the Internet and social media in education is expected to grow, there is a need to proactively determine and implement best practices to take advantage of new technologies in a responsible and appropriate manner.

 

     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. 95 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Technology.

 

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

 

		____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair