Bill Text: HI SB1217 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education; Virtual Learning Pilot Program; Lanai; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB1217 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB1217-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 588

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1217

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1217 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase learning opportunities for students by establishing a pilot project that expands the Hawaii virtual learning network e-school program to include Lanai High and Elementary School.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Robbie Alm, Executive Vice President, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.

 

     Your Committee finds that online educational courses provide a means to overcome challenges, such as limited school funding, classroom sizes, the availability of qualified teachers, and geographic location.  The Hawaii virtual learning network was established to address these challenges by coordinating and expanding online courses that offer students and educators a wide array of educational opportunities.  This measure provides these advantages to students on Lanai to ensure their access to basic educational courses required for graduation.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring DOE to allow online education curriculum providers to partner with the Hawaii virtual learning network if the providers comply with applicable federal and state education standards;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on this issue; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1217, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1217, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair