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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Health Care Workforce Development. [HB-714] [Healthcare ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Public Health ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Appropriates funds to support educational training programs to expand the State's health care workforce, including funding to support health care certification programs offered in public high schools and education programs that support certified nurse assistants in becoming licensed practical nurses. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Received Notice Of Appointment Of House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 755). on 04/21/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Hawaiian Language Immersion Education. [SB-1181] [Education ] [Funding ]
Requires the Department of Education to implement a plan for a Hawaiian language immersion school in Kapolei that shall be ready to educate students in grades kindergarten through 12 by the 2028-2029 school year. Appropriates moneys.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Gabbard Referred To Hwn/edu, Wam. on 01/27/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-1063] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino Referred To Edu/lbt, Wam. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To School Safety. [HB-627] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for positions to implement and maintain school safety measures. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Referred To Edu, Wam. on 03/04/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To School Meals. [SB-940] [Food ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ]
Establishes the School Meals Option Pilot Program within the Department of Education to provide healthy meal options to students. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires at least one high school in each school complex area to offer a meal in accordance with the School Meals Option Pilot Program every other week. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, requires at least one high school in each school complex area to offer a meal in accordance with the School Meals Option Pilot Program every week. Requires each individual high school (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The Department Of Education. [HB-622] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd Act 067, On 05/19/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1167). on 05/19/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [HB-559] [Education ] [Finance ] [Children and Youth ]
Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in the personal transition plan requirement for each student.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To School Psychologists. [HB-624] [Education ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Creates a School Psychologists Working Group within the Department of Education to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2026. Requires a report to the Legislature. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Report Adopted; Passed Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referred To Wam. on 03/21/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-973] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires and appropriates funds to pay salary differentials to English language educators as an incentive to attract and retain these educators. Appropriates funds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-876] [Education ] [Funding ]
Requires the Department of Education to establish a Korean Language Program. Appropriates funds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Carol Fukunaga Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-894] [Agriculture ] [Education ] [Food ] [Budget and Spending ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for regional kitchen expansion to fulfill the local farm-to-school meal goal requiring thirty per cent of the food served in public schools to consist of locally sourced products. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dru Kanuha Received Notice Of Appointment Of House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 754). on 04/21/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Sex Trafficking. [HB-609] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Rights ] [Education ]
Requires the posting of informational placards on sex trafficking and resources available to victims, in public buildings and at other specified locations. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop and make available a model placard. Requires the Department of Education to train teachers, school administrators, and other school personnel on the dynamics of sex trafficking and strategies for prevention and response. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of the Attorney General to develop and implement public education and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Perruso Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Teacher Loans. [SB-968] [Student Loans ] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Requires the Department of Education to establish a teacher loan forgiveness program to assist in the payment of loans for teachers who commit to teaching in the Hawaii public school system. Appropriates funds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The Safety Of Educational Workers. [HB-616] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Woodson Reported From Jha (stand. Com. Rep. No. 738) As Amended In Hd 2, Recommending Referral To Fin. on 02/14/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [HB-628] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Military ]
Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a program to award high school diplomas to persons who did not receive a diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services and persons whose high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Passed First Reading. on 03/06/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [SB-872] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Referred To Edu/lbt, Wam. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Capital Improvement. [HB-636] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Construction ]
Establishes a school capital improvement project modernization initiative in the School Facilities Authority to create a planning database for school facilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto Received From House (hse. Com. No. 262). on 03/06/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The School Bus Driver Certification Subsidy Pilot Program. [SB-868] [Education ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Establishes a one-year School Bus Driver Certification Subsidy Pilot Program within the Department of Education for the 20252026 school year. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite The Committee On Edu Deferred The Measure. on 02/03/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [HB-621] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires and appropriates funds to pay salary differentials to English language educators as an incentive to attract and retain these educators. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa Reported From Edn (stand. Com. Rep. No. 339) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/11/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Education. [HB-620] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ]
Establishes braille literacy as a policy of the State. Requires literacy assessments for eligible low vision and blind students to include braille instruction and the use of braille. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt administrative rules. Establishes the Braille Literacy Resource Center. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa Conference Committee Meeting Will Reconvene On Friday 04-25-25 6:20pm In Conference Room 229. on 04/25/2025

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