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HI SCR22
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/21/2010
Primary Sponsor
Carol Fukunaga
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AI Summary
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Requests the Department of Education to establish standardized criteria for senior projects required for the Board of Education Recognition Diploma, applicable to all public school students statewide.
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Identifies current inconsistencies in senior project requirements across schools, including varying community service hour requirements (ranging from 40 to 100 hours) and differing interpretations of "learning stretch" quality standards.
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Requires standardized requirements to include a standard number of hours for the culminating activity and a uniform definition of "learning stretch" applied consistently across all public schools.
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Addresses barriers for students transferring between schools, who must currently meet their new school's potentially different senior project requirements.
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Directs transmission of the concurrent resolution to the Superintendent of Education and Board of Education Chairperson.
Legislative Description
Education; Senior Project; Standardization of Requirements
Last Action
(S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
3/15/2010