HB 98 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS.

HB 98 allows public school complexes to use authentic assessments - such as real-world projects, presentations, or portfolios - as part of classroom-based performance evaluations for students. It directly affects teachers and school districts by expanding assessment options beyond traditional tests. The bill requires schools to implement these assessments within their existing classroom structures, without mandating new statewide testing. Effective July 1, 3000, this change aims to provide more diverse ways to measure student learning. The bill passed committee with amendments in February 2025, reflecting broad support for this classroom-focused approach.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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HB98 → HB98_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a Microsoft Word document structure, with the effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' (likely a placeholder error). The substantive policy content regarding authentic assessments in public schools remains unchanged.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and a placeholder date change.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than an intentional policy change.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from standard legislative markup to a Microsoft Word document format, changing the visual structure but not the content.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 341) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

8 primary · 0 co-sponsors