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)
HB-714: Relating To Health Care Workforce Development.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Received Notice Of Appointment Of House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 755). on 04/21/2025
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.
SB-1181: Relating To Hawaiian Language Immersion Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Gabbard
Referred To Hwn/edu, Wam. on 01/27/2025
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.
SB-1063: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Referred To Edu/lbt, Wam. on 01/23/2025
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)
HB-627: Relating To School Safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Edu, Wam. on 03/04/2025
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
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SB-940: Relating To School Meals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025
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)
HB-622: Relating To The Department Of Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd
Act 067, On 05/19/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1167). on 05/19/2025
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.
HB-559: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025
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)
HB-624: Relating To School Psychologists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Report Adopted; Passed Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referred To Wam. on 03/21/2025
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.
SB-973: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-876]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Department of Education to establish a Korean Language Program. Appropriates funds.
SB-876: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carol Fukunaga
Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025
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)
SB-894: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dru Kanuha
Received Notice Of Appointment Of House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 754). on 04/21/2025
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
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HB-609: Relating To Sex Trafficking.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Perruso
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025
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.
SB-968: Relating To Teacher Loans.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/23/2025
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)
HB-616: Relating To The Safety Of Educational Workers.
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
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)
HB-628: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Passed First Reading. on 03/06/2025
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.
SB-872: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Edu/lbt, Wam. on 01/23/2025
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)
HB-636: Relating To Capital Improvement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto
Received From House (hse. Com. No. 262). on 03/06/2025
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.
SB-868: Relating To The School Bus Driver Certification Subsidy Pilot Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
The Committee On Edu Deferred The Measure. on 02/03/2025
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)
HB-621: Relating To Education.
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
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)
HB-620: Relating To Education.
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