Relating To Special Education. [SB-392]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to provide up to $1,690 to each special education classroom teacher for instructional materials and equipment. (SB392 HD1)
SB-392: Relating To Special Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Mercado Kim
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To The Department Of Education. [HB-1400]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
Requires the Auditor to conduct a management, financial, and program audit of the Department of Education.
HB-1400: Relating To The Department Of Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bob McDermott
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To The Department Of Education Budget. [HB-1523]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Specifies that the costs of devices for certain Department of Education schools shall be covered using Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funds. (SD2)
HB-1523: Relating To The Department Of Education Budget.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin H. Woodson
Notice Of Intent To Veto Dated 08-31-20 (gov. Msg. No. 1119) on 08/31/2020
Relating To The Hawaii Scientist-to-teacher Pathway Pilot Program. [HB-1385]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Department of Education to establish a 5-year Hawaii Scientist-to-Teacher Pathway Pilot Program to recruit, train, support, and retain qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals as kindergarten through grade twelve teachers of those subjects in the State. Appropriates funds.
HB-1385: Relating To The Hawaii Scientist-to-teacher Pathway Pilot Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Post-secondary Education. [SB-374]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Requires the University of Hawaii to collaborate with the Department of Education and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop and implement an interactive web tool that will enable degree-seeking individuals to make better-informed decisions regarding their post-secondary education and career choices. Appropriates funds to develop web tool.
SB-374: Relating To Post-secondary Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Education. [SB-376]
[Education ]
Requires a public school that has a career and technical education program to review all geographic exceptions applications and make a determination whether to allow students to enroll in career and technical education programs in schools outside the Department of Education service area in which the student resides. (SB376 HD1)
SB-376: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Public School Lands. [HB-917]
[Education ]
[Real Estate ]
Requires the attorney general of the State of Hawaii, on behalf of the Department of Education, to institute proceedings to acquire certain land owned by the Mililani Town Association by voluntary action or condemnation. Effective upon approval. (SD1)
HB-917: Relating To Public School Lands.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Deferred One Day. on 07/10/2020
Relating To Electric Grid Resiliency. [HB-1583]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
Authorizes the Department of Education to evaluate the feasibility and cost-benefit of establishing and implementing a pilot microgrid to provide backup power in the event of a natural disaster or other similar emergency. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to evaluate the feasibility and cost-benefit of a renewable energy microgrid system to provide backup power in the event of a natural disaster or other similar emergency at one facility. Authorizes the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority to establish a microgrid demonstration
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HB-1583: Relating To Electric Grid Resiliency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Received Notice Of Discharge Of All House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 363). on 06/22/2020
Relating To Gender Equality. [HB-1595]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishes the advisory commission on gender equity in sports to evaluate the rules and procedures for gender equity enforcement mechanisms and make recommendations to the Department of Education. Requires the Superintendent of Education to submit a Title IX compliance report to the Legislature and the advisory commission.
HB-1595: Relating To Gender Equality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Education. [HB-921]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Defines the roles and responsibilities of the executive office on early learning and the department of education as they relate to the implementation of the public prekindergarten program. Establishes the executive office on early learning as the administrative authority for state funded prekindergarten programs and a support for and with the department of education special education, Title I, and private partnership funded prekindergarten programs to ensure high quality early education programs in department of education school classrooms. Ensures
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HB-921: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Education. [HB-318]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Department of Education to convene a Staggered School Start Times Task Force to study and evaluate the issues and implications of instituting a staggered school start times program, including effects on school bus schedules. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HB-318: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy M. Takumi
Received Notice Of Discharge Of All House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 363). on 06/22/2020
Relating To Public Schools. [HB-1465]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds to be used by the Department of Education for the repair and maintenance of public school buildings, grounds, and facilities in the State. (HB1465 HD2)
HB-1465: Relating To Public Schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Schools. [SB-371]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishes a Workforce Readiness Program within the Department of Education to allow students to graduate from an extended high school enrollment with an industry-recognized associate's degree to complement the student's high school diploma. Appropriates moneys to develop and implement the program, including (2.0) FTE Educational Specialist II staff positions and (7.0) FTE District Office Teachers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
SB-371: Relating To Schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Education. [SB-588]
[Education ]
Requires the department of education to report the creation of any temporary positions to the legislature at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session.
SB-588: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Mercado Kim
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Teacher Retention. [HB-650]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishes a teacher retention advisory board within the Department of Education for administrative purposes to study and make recommendations regarding teacher retention and recruitment in the State. Requires the advisory board to design a teacher mentorship pilot program to be administered by the Department of Education during the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school years. Requires the Department of Education to conduct detailed exit interviews with teachers who voluntarily leave the employ of the department. Requires annual reports to
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HB-650: Relating To Teacher Retention.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Kunane Tokioka
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To School-based Health Services. [SB-1522]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Formally establishes the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program and Special Fund within the Department of Education. Appropriates funds for positions and a vision screening and eye assessment tool, and to implement, expand, and sustain the program. (SB1522 HD1)
SB-1522: Relating To School-based Health Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett K. Keohokalole
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019