Bill Text: HI HCR201 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs, Department Of Education, And Committee On Weights To Collaborate And Allocate Office Of Hawaiian Affairs' Funds To The Weighted Student Formula To Benefit Native Hawaiian Students In Public Schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-13 - Referred to EDN/OMH, FIN, referral sheet 39 [HCR201 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HCR201-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.C.R. NO. |
201 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
URGING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS TO COLLABORATE AND ALLOCATE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS' FUNDS TO THE WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA TO BENEFIT NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WHEREAS, Smarter Balanced Assessments
(SBA), administered at the end of each school year to Department of Education
and public charter school students in grades 3 to 8 and 11, indicate that a
smaller percentage of Native Hawaiian students than non-Hawaiian students are
proficient in both mathematics and English language arts/literacy, and SBA test
results for School Year 2015 indicate:
(1) 28.4 percent of Native Hawaiian students tested proficient in math compared to 46.8 percent of non-Hawaiian students, a difference of 18.4 percentage points; and
(2) 34.8 percent of Native Hawaiian students tested proficient in reading compared to 54.3 percent of non-Hawaiian students, a difference of 19.5 percentage points; and
WHEREAS, the OHA Report states that studies
suggest that teacher impact is the most significant school factor contributing
to a student's success; however, the Hawaii State Teachers Association indicates
that Native Hawaiian public school students are more likely to have
inexperienced, unqualified, and out-of-field teachers; and
WHEREAS, in School Year 2015, Native
Hawaiian students represented 26 percent of the total public school system K-12
student population; however, only 9.9 percent of classroom teachers were Native
Hawaiian; and
WHEREAS, a May 2007 Public Education Brief
by Kamehameha Schools Research & Evaluation Division recommended that
"providing resources and services through literacy enhancement programs,
tutorial assistance, and mentoring and tutoring programs, can begin to offset
the economic disadvantages that many Hawaiian children face"; and
WHEREAS, appropriating and allocating
greater resources to Hawaii's public schools will enhance student learning and
the educational outcomes of Native Hawaiian students; and
WHEREAS, under the Weighted Student
Formula, additional money is given to educate students with identified
characteristics that impact student learning and achievement, such as student
characteristics for Gifted & Talented, Economically Disadvantaged, Limited
English Proficiency, and Transiency; however, the Weighted Student Formula does
not include a student characteristic for Native Hawaiian students; and
WHEREAS, having a Weighted Student Formula
student characteristic for Native Hawaiian students will provide additional
necessary supports and resources for the education of Native Hawaiian students;
and
WHEREAS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has
focused its efforts on significantly raising the number of Native Hawaiian
students who at least meet achievement standards in middle school as well as
high school, and increasing the number of Native Hawaiian students who graduate
from post-secondary institutions by 12 percent; and
WHEREAS, to meet
these goals, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has allocated funds toward college
tuition scholarships and Native Hawaiian charter schools; and
WHEREAS, the allocation of Office of
Hawaiian Affairs funds to support Native Hawaiian students in public schools
through the Weighted Student Formula will improve student achievement and
outcomes for Native Hawaiian students and strengthen the services and programs
provided to these students at the schools they attend; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of
Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular
Session of 2018, the Senate concurring, that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
Department of Education, and Committee on Weights are urged to collaborate and
allocate Office of Hawaiian Affairs' funds to the Weighted Student Formula to
benefit Native Hawaiian students in public schools; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified
copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the
Board of Education, the Superintendent, the Chairperson of the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, and the Chairperson of the Committee on
Weights.
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Weighted Student Formula; Native Hawaiian Student Characteristic