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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [SB-1388]
[Education ]
Adds the Superintendent of Education and Chairperson of the Board of Education to the School Facilities Authority Board as ex officio, nonvoting members. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Relating To Education. [HB-1067]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a program to award a high school diploma to qualified persons who did not receive a high school diploma as a result of compulsorily or voluntarily induction into the armed services of the United States and to persons whose high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [SB-1392]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requires the Department of Education to implement dyslexia-sensitive universal screenings, provide evidence-based interventions, and offer professional development on dyslexia and structured literacy.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To The Use Of Public Lands. [HB-1074]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Education ]
Requires the School Facilities Authority to consult with the Department of Education and other impacted departments or agencies prior to the conveyance of ownership rights or lease of lands to the School Facilities Authority. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [SB-1391]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for teacherrequested classroom supplies; provided that the private sector contributes matching funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To School Meals. [HB-1075]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
Reduces the amount the Department of Education is authorized to charge for school meals to all students enrolled in department schools to no more than one-quarter of the cost of preparing the meals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To School Bus Services. [HB-909]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizes the Department of Education to use alternative vehicles for student transportation under certain conditions and appropriates funds for the purchase of alternative vehicles and individuals to obtain CDL licensure. Allows Department schools to initiate staggered start times. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Water Safety. [SB-1223]
[Water ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to establish a standards-based Water Safety Education Pilot Program.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Agricultural Education. [SB-1259]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
Establishes the Land Dedication for Agricultural Education program within the Department of Education. Requires the Department of Education to consult with the Department of Taxation to establish tax incentives for land developers who dedicate land for educational purposes. Requires the Department of Education to consult with the Department of the Attorney General to establish penalties. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Teacher Workforce Housing. [SB-1274]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes a Teacher Workforce Housing Stipend Program to support teacher retention at public and charter schools classified as rural and underserved. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To School Meals. [SB-1300]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students who currently qualify for reduced-price lunch. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students whose family income is not more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-961]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishes a two-year Librarian Pilot Program to serve one school complex on Oahu and one school complex on an island other than Oahu. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Retired Teachers. [HB-841]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Amends the break in service requirement for retirants to six months before they can be rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in hard-to-fill positions. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment benefits. Directs the Department of Education to adopt rules to identify teacher shortage areas and hard-to-fill positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Recreational Facilities. [HB-867]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Beginning on 6/30/2030, requires all new playgrounds constructed on Department of Education school grounds to include accessible recreational playground equipment as part of the recreational apparatuses. Establishes the Accessible Recreational Playground Equipment Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-865]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Children and Youth ]
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in kindergarten through grade 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.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-864]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows newly graduated high school students to be eligible for workers' compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation while participating in Department of Education-sponsored work-based learning programs. Requires an annual report. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To School Meals. [SB-1192]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibits the denial of a school meal to a student based on the student's ability to pay. Requires the Department of Education and department schools to certify that all students eligible for certain programs receive free or reduced-price meals. Prohibits a department school from publicly identifying or stigmatizing a student. Requires the school to directly inform a parent or guardian regarding a student's unpaid meal fund account balance.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-757]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students enrolled in department schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Community Schools. [HB-754]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for community schools and a program manager position. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-746]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to transition the Red Raider Productions student organization at Kauai High School into a learning center through the Department of Education's learning centers program.