Bill Text: HI SCR14 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Examining The Effectiveness Of The State's Single, Statewide Public School System And The Feasibility Of Conversion To An Alternate System.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-18 - The committee on EDU deferred the measure. [SCR14 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SCR14-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	14
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study examining the effectiveness of the State's single, statewide public school system and the feasibility of conversion to an alternate system.

 

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii is the only state to have a statewide school district and a single Board of Education; and

 

     WHEREAS, a primary justification for this structure of public education is that a centralized school district promotes the equitable distribution of resources and funding; and

 

     WHEREAS, the quality of education children receive, however, is determined by many other factors beyond funding, such as socioeconomic status and demographics; and

 

     WHEREAS, advocates have called for the establishment of community-level school districts so that communities are better able to allocate funds to address community-level, education-related issues; and

 

     WHEREAS, there is currently a lack of relevant data necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the State's single, statewide public school system under the Board of Education; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to conduct a study examining the effectiveness of the State's single, statewide public school system under the Board of Education; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting the study, the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to:

 

     (1)  Identify educational disparities between school complex areas;

 

     (2)  Examine proposed solutions to address the identified disparities between school complex areas;

 

     (3)  Evaluate the feasibility of the development of county-level school districts; and

 

     (4)  Seek input from the Department of Education, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and to the fullest extent practicable, nonprofit organizations whose mission includes addressing educational disparities in the State, such as HawaiiKidsCAN and Hawai‘i Children's Action Network; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Legislative Reference Bureau, Superintendent of Education, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Legislative Reference Bureau; Education; School Districts; Study