Bills Pending Hawaii Senate Education Committee

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HISR95Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Supply All Classrooms With Narcan Or Another Type Of Naloxone By September 1, 2024.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Education Committee
HISCR150Intro
25%
Requesting The Board Of Education To Adopt A Policy Relating To The Use Of Preferred Names For Students.
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2024-03-14
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HISR26Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Implement A Hawaiian Language Requirement As Part Of The High School Graduation Requirements, Consistent With Existing English Graduation Requirements
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2024-03-14
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HISCR92Intro
25%
Requesting The Board Of Education, In Partnership With The Department Of Education, To Produce A Plan For Adhering To School Counselor Best Practices.
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2024-03-14
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HISR30Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Education To Conduct A Study On The Implementation Of Later School Start Times.
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2024-03-14
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HISR165Intro
25%
Requesting The Board Of Education To Require The Instruction Of Financial Literacy In The Statewide Public School Curriculum.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR44Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Ensure That Each Public School And Public Charter School In The State, From Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve Has A Certain Number Of Mental Health Professionals.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR141Intro
25%
Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Statewide Backlog Of Capital Improvement Repair And Maintenance Projects.
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2024-03-14
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HISCR28Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Include The Teaching Of Financial Literacy In The Existing Personal Transition Plan Course Requirement For Each Student.
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2024-03-14
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HIHB2242Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for full-time equivalent career foundations certificate program teachers for McKinley Community School for Adults. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-13
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HIHB2082Engross
50%
Establishes comprehensive standards for the department of education related to school bus services to ensure equitable access, timely communication, and accountability. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1655Engross
50%
Requires the DOE to work with the BOE to create a public digital platform by the 2027-2028 school year that shows how schools are adopting high-quality instructional materials for K-12 English language arts.
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1654Engross
50%
Establishes the qualified internship grant program within the Department of Education to provide grants to businesses and organizations that employ qualified interns participating in work-based learning through a qualified internship program. Appropr...
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1657Engross
50%
Requires all public schools to implement universal screenings for students in kindergarten through third grade to identify and support students who are at risk of dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1775Engross
50%
Beginning with the 2024-2025 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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2024-03-07
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HIHB1969Engross
50%
Establishes the shade tree program in the Department of Education to support educational activities and encourage propagation of native shade trees for planting in department schools. Appropriates funds for the program and to establish arborist posit...
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1650Engross
50%
Requires the board of education to invite the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the department of education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the board and the exclusive re...
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2759Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for health technician positions within the Department of Education for the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1631Engross
50%
Requires the School Facilities Authority to work with the Department of Education to prioritize projects for the construction of educator workforce housing that will house teachers and other staff of the Department. Requires the School Facilities Aut...
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2402Engross
50%
Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education for its food service operations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2043Engross
50%
Establishes a harm to students registry for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation, a...
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1534Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program, to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1904Engross
50%
Provides a process for school placement for a child whose parent or guardian has transferred or is pending transfer from another state to a military installation in Hawaii while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Effectiv...
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2024-03-07
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HIHB1777Engross
50%
Authorizes dental hygienists who are under the general supervision of a licensed dentist to perform preventive dental sealant screenings and apply dental sealants on certain individuals in a school-based oral health program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2222Engross
50%
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 r...
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2403Engross
50%
Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education for charter schools. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2661Engross
50%
Enacts the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact to reduce barriers to teacher license portability and employment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2578Engross
50%
Exempts prekindergarten-only public charter schools from certain provisions affecting charter schools relating to funding and finance, the use of the weighted student formula, athletics, enrollment, computer science courses and content, and enrollmen...
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2024-03-07
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HISR11Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Education To Provide A Report To The Legislature Regarding Public-school Class Sizes.
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2024-03-01
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HISCR19Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Education To Provide A Report To The Legislature Regarding Public-school Class Sizes.
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2024-03-01
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HISR4Intro
25%
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community.
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2024-02-12
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HISCR4Intro
25%
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community.
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2024-02-12
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HISB2975Intro
25%
Establishes the qualified internship grant program within the Department of Education to provide grants to businesses and organizations that employ qualified interns participating in work-based learning through a qualified internship program. Appropr...
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2024-02-07
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HISB2061Intro
25%
Establishes a one-year school bus driver certification subsidy pilot program within the Department of Education. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
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2024-02-07
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HISB2114Intro
25%
Prohibits the feeding of feral animals within a certain distance from Department of Education public school campuses. Establishes fines.
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2024-02-05
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HISB2252Intro
25%
Authorizes the Board of Education to consider qualified individuals with at least an associate's degree or high school diploma with comparable education and coursework, industry experience, and content expertise to teach career and technical educatio...
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2024-02-05
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HISB2672Intro
25%
Authorizes the state librarian to decline to conduct a requested review of an item within the Hawaii State Public Library System collection if the item was previously reviewed by the system in good faith, the basis for the request is duplicative or s...
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2024-01-30
To Senate Education Committee
HISB3269Intro
25%
Requires that each Department of Education public school student earn 2 credits in Hawaiian language as a graduation requirement.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3241Intro
25%
Establishes a plant-based meals option grant program within the Department of Education. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3322Intro
25%
Updates and expands the statutory prohibition on the use of tobacco at public schools to include prohibiting the possession and use of electronic smoking devices. Requires the Department of Education to be responsible for educating students, employee...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3368Intro
25%
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.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3373Intro
25%
Beginning the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to rename the James Campbell baseball field as the Loke Huddy Baseball Field.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3366Intro
25%
Adds the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Director of Labor and Industrial Relations; and the President of the University of Hawaii to the Board of Education of the Department of Education. Adds the Director of Business, Econo...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3232Intro
25%
Establishes a teacher loan program to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-fill positions of Department of Education schools. Allows a loan to be forgiven for teachers who become a licensed teacher in Hawaii or for teachers who will co...
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2024-01-29
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HISB3346Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Education to provide and disseminate its procedures for dealing with bullying. Requires principals, teachers, and staff to disseminate the Department's bullying procedures to students. Defines bullying procedures.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3210Intro
25%
Requires Department of Education school bus contracts to include provisions that require contractors to prioritize the use of motor vehicles that do not require those drivers to hold a commercial driver's license.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3119Intro
25%
Establishes the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program. Makes appropriations.
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2024-01-26
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HISB3073Intro
25%
Changes the means of financing for a portion of funds appropriated for deposit into the school facilities special fund to expand pre-kindergarten student capacity within the State from general funds to general obligation bond funds. Extends the lapse...
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2024-01-26
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HISB3004Intro
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Appropriates funds to maintain seventy-five health technician positions within the Department of Education for the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
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2024-01-26
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HISB3088Intro
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Permanently exempts an additional administrative assistant position in the Hawaii State Public Library System from civil service.
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2024-01-26
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