HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	868
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to education.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§302A-     Statewide performance standards.  (a)  The board shall annually re-establish statewide performance standards, and the means to assess the standards, based upon multiple forms of assessment that do not require extensive standardized testing, more accurately reflect the broad range of student learning, and are used to support students and improve schools.

     (b)  In developing the multiple forms of assessment under subsection (a), the board shall consult with parent organizations.

     (c)  The board shall inform students and their parents or guardians about the right to opt out of participating in statewide performance standards that the students and their parents or guardians believe in good faith are not based upon multiple forms of assessment.

     (d)  The board shall develop and prepare alternatives for students that choose to opt out of participating in statewide performance standards under subsection (c)."

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["§302A-201  Statewide performance standards.  The board shall establish statewide performance standards and the means to assess the standards based upon the recommendations in the final report of the performance standards commission established pursuant to Act 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991; provided that the board may review and modify the performance standards, as the board deems necessary, to reflect the needs of public school students and educational goals adopted by the board."]

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

DOE; Testing; Students

 

Description:

Requires BOE to annually re-establish statewide performance standards, and the means to assess the standards, based upon multiple forms of assessment.

 

 

 

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