Relating To School Sports. [HB-258]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education to implement a supplemental sports program for high school students in West Oahu.
HB-258: Relating To School Sports.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Ward
Referred To Edn, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/21/2025
Relating To The Hawaiian Language. [SB-613]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Requires that each Department of Education public school student earn 2 credits in Hawaiian language for a high school diploma. Establishes a 2-year pilot program for Hawaiian language instruction at Noelani Elementary School and Nanakuli High and Intermediate School. Appropriates moneys.
SB-613: Relating To The Hawaiian Language.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carol Fukunaga
Referred To Edu/hwn, Wam. on 01/23/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-533]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to support public schools impacted by a local investorowned electric utility's planned public safety power shutoff program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
SB-533: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Re-referred To Eep, Edn/cpc, Fin, Referral Sheet 23 on 03/14/2025
Relating To School Meals. [SB-549]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Requires all department high schools to provide a plant-based meal option for school meals, under certain conditions.
SB-549: Relating To School Meals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Edu/aen, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To Braille Literacy. [SB-530]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
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)
SB-530: Relating To Braille Literacy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Reported From Edu/hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 340) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-497]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires the Department of Education to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student.
SB-497: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To School Meals. [SB-545]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibits the usage of synthetic substances in school meals at Department of Education and public charter schools. Defines "synthetic substances".
SB-545: Relating To School Meals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Gabbard
Referred To Edu, Jdc. on 01/21/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-527]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Appropriates funds for the establishment of five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance Branch of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-527: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Reported From Edu (stand. Com. Rep. No. 219) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/11/2025
Relating To The Department Of Education. [SB-532]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizes school staff and agents trained by a health care professional to volunteer to administer medication to students at Department of Education public schools under certain conditions. Clarifies who may prescribe medication to be administered to students in schools. (CD1)
SB-532: Relating To The Department Of Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Act 136, On 05/30/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1236). on 05/30/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-531]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishes provisions for the storage and maintenance of a stock supply of bronchodilators at schools. Requires the Department of Education to establish a protocol for the storage, usage, and administration of bronchodilators. Establishes provisions regarding the administration of certain medications by a volunteer at Department of Education schools. Clarifies labeling requirements for bronchodilator prescriptions issued to the Department of Education for a stock supply of bronchodilators.
SB-531: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
The Committee On Edu Deferred The Measure. on 01/31/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-529]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for its Hoakea Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-529: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Edn, Fin, Referral Sheet 17 on 02/28/2025
Relating To Capital Improvement. [SB-449]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
Establishes a school capital improvement project modernization initiative in the School Facilities Authority to create a planning database for school facilities. Appropriates funds.
SB-449: Relating To Capital Improvement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donovan Cruz
The Committee On Edu Deferred The Measure. on 02/05/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-440]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes the Future Career and Technical Education Teacher Scholarship Program to be administered by the Department of Education to facilitate the recruitment and retention of career and technical education teachers in Hawaii public schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
SB-440: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Received Notice Of Appointment Of House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 754). on 04/21/2025
Relating To Government. [HB-214]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of benefits under the System or the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund if the retirant is employed in a position needed for succession planning, as a law enforcement officer stationed at a public school as a resource officer, as an investigator, or in a management position excluded from collective bargaining, subject to certain conditions. Requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction
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HB-214: Relating To Government.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Conference Committee Meeting Will Reconvene On Friday, 04-25-25 At 4:30pm In Conference Room 325. on 04/25/2025
Relating To Sex Trafficking. [SB-453]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires the Department of Education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
SB-453: Relating To Sex Trafficking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Edu/hhs, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-420]
[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. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-420: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Reported From Edu/lbt (stand. Com. Rep. No. 341) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025
Relating To Literacy. [SB-421]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Department of Education to administer a general dyslexia screening to all students in kindergarten through grade three. Requires the Department of Education to continue to administer the general English language arts universal screening for students in kindergarten through grade nine. Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with teacher training programs to ensure prospective candidates are trained on literacy instruction, including evidence-based intervention, to support all students. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050.
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SB-421: Relating To Literacy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Reported From Edu (stand. Com. Rep. No. 344) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-422]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Authorizes the Department of Education to award a high school diploma to qualified persons who did not receive a high school diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services of the United States or 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)
SB-422: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Report Adopted; Referred To The Committee(s) On Fin With None Voting Aye With Reservations; None Voting No (0) And Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward Excused (5). on 03/21/2025
Relating To Decentralization Of Department Of Education Farm To School. [HB-190]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Provides that complex area superintendents have the authority to implement the farm to school and farm to school meals programs. Requires certain school cafeteria supervisors to report directly to complex area superintendents. Establishes school cafeteria supervisor positions. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a compensation review of school cafeteria supervisor positions. Appropriates funds.
HB-190: Relating To Decentralization Of Department Of Education Farm To School.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto
Referred To Edn, Agr, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/21/2025
Relating To Education. [SB-408]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to increase per-pupil expenditures to $18,000 per student.
SB-408: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Referred To Edu, Wam. on 01/21/2025