Bill Text: HI SCR124 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Education To Assign Students Residing In Honokai Hale And Ko Olina To Attend The Public School Complex Within Their Geographic Area, The Nanakuli Complex.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-16 - The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice. [SCR124 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SCR124-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ASSIGN STUDENTS RESIDING IN HONOKAI HALE AND KO OLINA TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL COMPLEX WITHIN THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, THE NANAKULI COMPLEX.
WHEREAS, research demonstrates that overcrowding in schools negatively affects student achievement levels, stress levels, attendance, and concentration; and
WHEREAS, overcrowding also has a detrimental effect on teacher morale and their available time to adequately plan and deliver lectures; and
WHEREAS, multi-tracking is an approach used to address school overcrowding by dividing students and faculty into multiple groups who attend school year-round on alternating schedules; and
WHEREAS, students in multi-tracked schools have tested an average of two percent lower than students in traditional schools on national reading, math, and language assessments; and
WHEREAS, studies have shown that multi-tracking is more expensive over the long term, can harm community and family cohesion, and can lead to increased stress and burnout for students, teachers, and parents; and
WHEREAS, multi-tracking is currently used in the Kapolei Complex school system, where overcrowding is a longstanding problem; and
WHEREAS, overcrowding in Kapolei area schools is attributable, at least in part, to the Department of Education's assignment of students to the Kapolei Complex from Honokai Hale and Ko Olina; and
WHEREAS, reassigning these students to the Nanakuli Complex would help even the distribution of students among the Leeward District complexes and would ease overcrowding in the Kapolei Complex without the need to multi-track; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is strongly urged to assign students residing in Honokai Hale and Ko Olina to attend the public school complex within their geographic area, the Nanakuli Complex, starting with the 2020-2021 academic year; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and principals of all schools in the Kapolei Complex and Nanakuli Complex school systems.
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Department of Education; Leeward District; School Overcrowding
