Department Of Education
Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [SB-1188]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes a Hawaii teacher stipend program to be administered by the Department of Education to address the shortage of teachers in the Hawaii public school system. Appropriates funds for the program for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 fiscal years. (SD1)
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Relating To Energy Modernization At The Department Of Education. [HB-1280]
[Energy ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requires PUC to: (1) Study and determine a reasonable microgrid rate schedule, based on specified goals, that DOE may charge to users of its microgrid; (2) Study and determine a fair and reasonable amount that an electric utility company may assess DOE for using the electrical infrastructure of the electric utility company or any electricity produced by the electric utility company, if applicable; and (3) Establish oversight policies for any microgrid projects that DOE may establish that extend beyond lands and buildings owned and controlled by
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Animal Dissection In Schools. [HB-1003]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizes DOE students to decline to dissect animals. Requires schools to provide an alternative to students who have declined.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Student Meals. [HB-992]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibits denying a student a meal for the first: (1) 30 days of the first semester of a school year while the student's application for free or reduced lunch is being processed; or (2) week that the student's meal fund balance is zero or negative. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt rules or policies on the collection of funds for negative student meal balances.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-949]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Allows the department of education to offer voluntary training for teachers and educational officers on sex trafficking prevention. Requires the department to provide explanatory information about sex trafficking prevention and response to teachers and educational officers.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Records Management. [SB-1100]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requires the department of education to set a standard for retention of student records, including in electronic format, of not less than one hundred years. Allows the department of education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project. (SB1100 HD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To School Impact Fees. [HB-1001]
[Housing ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
Exempts from school impact fees, housing developments reserved for persons or families with incomes up to one hundred twenty per cent of the area median income in any county of the State with a population of over seven hundred thousand, and all government housing projects processed pursuant to sections 46-51.1 and 201H-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (HB1001 HD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Schools. [SB-1099]
[Education ]
Establishes a mark licensing agreement program within the Department of Education. Authorizes the Department to register trademarks and service marks for department programs and individual department schools and enter into licensing agreements for their use. (SB1099 HD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To A Capital Improvement Project For President Theodore Roosevelt High School. [SB-1071]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds from the issuance of those bonds for plans, design, construction, and equipment for a new gymnasium at Roosevelt High School.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To The Department Of Education. [HB-880]
[Education ]
Establishes a Mark Licensing Agreement Program within the Department of Education and authorizes the Department of Education to register trademarks and service marks for department programs and individual department schools and enter into licensing agreements for their use. (HB880 CD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [SB-1042]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Allows students to enroll in career and technical education programs in schools outside the service area in which the student resides.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [SB-1044]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates moneys to the department of education to provide engineering design process training sessions to teachers.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To The Office Of Hawaiian Education. [HB-910]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds for the Office of Hawaiian Education of the Department of Education.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-813]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the DOE to consult with exclusive representatives of appropriate bargaining units in establishing an evaluation program for teachers and educational officers. Prohibits a DOE evaluation program from affecting the compensation or employment status of any teacher or educational officer. Repeals provisions requiring a particular frequency and basis of evaluations.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-825]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishes the Leeward coast educational renewal pilot project to quickly implement educational reform for schools on the Leeward coast. Appropriates funds for the pilot project.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Urging The Department Of Education To Carry On Its Work To Better Engage Community Groups In The Education Of Children And Youth In Hawaii's Public Schools. [SCR-9]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
Urging The Department Of Education To Carry On Its Work To Better Engage Community Groups In The Education Of Children And Youth In Hawaii's Public Schools.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Urging The Department Of Education To Carry On Its Work To Better Engage Community Groups In The Education Of Children And Youth In Hawaii's Public Schools. [HCR-9]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
Urging The Department Of Education To Carry On Its Work To Better Engage Community Groups In The Education Of Children And Youth In Hawaii's Public Schools.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [SB-836]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Allows the department of education to offer voluntary training for teachers and educational officers on sex trafficking prevention. Requires the department to provide explanatory information about sex trafficking prevention and response to teachers and educational officers.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Social And Emotional Learning. [HB-579]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
Requires the department of education to provide training on social and emotional learning to all youth-serving educators, health care professionals and counselors, and agencies and programs, as well as parents of students enrolled in public schools or public charter schools. Appropriates funds to the department of education to conduct training on social and emotional learning.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Student Meals. [SB-423]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Prohibits denying a student a meal for failure to pay within: (1) The first 21 days of the first semester of a school year while the student's application for free or reduced lunch is being processed; or (2) 7 days after the student's meal fund account balance is zero or negative. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt rules or policies for the collection of funds for negative student meal balances. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)