Department Of Education

State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Magnet Schools. [HB-464] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Establishes a five-year magnet school pilot program at Waiahole and Kaaawa elementary schools. Establishes eight full-time equivalent (8.0 FTE) positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Sponsored by: Rep. Scot Z. Matayoshi Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Housing. [HB-1631] [Housing ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ]
Requires the School Facilities Authority to work with the Department of Education to prioritize projects for the construction of educator workforce housing that will house teachers and other staff of the Department. Requires the School Facilities Authority to include in its annual report to the Legislature its planned actions toward increasing educator workforce housing. Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with certain state and county agencies to submit a preliminary report to the Legislature on the status of lands designated to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Micah Pookela Kim Aiu Referred To Edu/hou, Wam. on 03/07/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Substitute Teachers. [SB-1251] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Beginning July 1, 2023, requires substitute teachers who work ninety days or more to be compensated equivalent to the daily rate for an entry-level teacher salary commensurate with their placement in Class I, II, or III.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Computer Science Education. [SB-816] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Science ]
Allows students to complete computer science courses as a substitute for science credits at the high school level to count towards graduation requirements. Requires a computer science course credit as a graduation requirement at the high school level beginning with the 2030-2031 school year. Appropriates funds for teacher professional development in computer science.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus L.K. McKelvey Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Farm To School Procurement. [HB-250] [Agriculture ] [Education ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Requires the department of education to establish rules for the procurement of goods and services related to the administration of food programs at public schools that incorporate a geographic preference for unprocessed locally grown and locally raised food products. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole E. Lowen Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-154] [Education ] [Food ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a School Meal Subsidy Program to provide school lunch subsidies to children whose families do not otherwise qualify for free lunch under the federal Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program, subject to income eligibility. Appropriates funds. Effective 3/30/3000. (HD1)

Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-702] [Education ] [Finance ] [Children and Youth ]
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in grades kindergarten through twelve. Requires students in grades nine through twelve to complete a one-half credit in financial literacy before graduation. Requires the Board of Education to provide professional development to teachers who are teaching financial literacy courses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-737] [Education ]
Requires the Board of Education, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, to develop a Hawaiian Language Medium Education Kindergarten Entry Assessment to be administered by the Department of Education, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To The Department Of Education. [HB-1043] [Education ] [Public Health ]
Repeals the department of education's weekly report on schools that have reported positive COVID-19 cases. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott K. Saiki Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Civic Education. [SB-750] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Appropriates funds to the department of education for the expansion of civic education in the public schools. Establishes two full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher positions, one of which shall be grant funded.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Henry J.C. Aquino Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Police. [SB-452] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ]
Establishes a junior police pilot program at Farrington High School in coordination with the Honolulu Police Department. Appropriates funds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To School Bus Services. [HB-1330] [Education ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for school bus services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Advancing Civic Engagement. [SB-749] [Education ] [Funding ] [Community Development ]
Requires the Public Access Room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to assist in effectuating this requirement. Requires the Department of Education and University of Hawaii to assign appropriate staff to coordinate with the Public Access Room with respect to the outreach and engagement program. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus L.K. McKelvey Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-414] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Establishes the Hawaii Educational Expenditure Trust Fund as a separate fund of the Department of Education for improving the education of, and supporting the programs benefiting, the students of the Hawaii public school system.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michelle N. Kidani Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To School Psychology. [SB-958] [Education ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishes a working group to research and explore the idea of establishing a regulatory framework and licensure requirements for school psychologists. Requires a report to the Legislature. Takes effect on 12/31/2050. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 2185) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Cpn/wam. on 02/08/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-1345] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Changes the Department of Education's quarterly report on autism spectrum disorder to an annual report.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [HB-1401] [Education ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ]
Requires public high school students to complete one financial literacy class before graduation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Cheape Matsumoto Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Sustainable Schools. [SB-654] [Education ] [Energy ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Food ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
Requires the Department of Education to establish long-term targets to locally source sixty per cent of school meals and zero-emission vehicle goals as part of the Sustainable Schools Initiative. Requires an annual report to the Legislature.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus L.K. McKelvey Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [HB-1047] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Changes the department of education's quarterly report on autism spectrum disorder to a semiannual report. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott K. Saiki Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Sex Trafficking. [HB-550] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ]
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Ward Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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