Bill Text: HI HB1213 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 1213 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: School Repair and Maintenance; Volunteers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-08 - (H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and none excused (0). [HB1213 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-HB1213-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1213
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302A-1502.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-1502.6 Providers of construction or project-related [~~professional~~] services for the repair and maintenance of public schools; volunteer status; coordinator position established. (a) Pursuant to chapter 90, the department shall accept as volunteers [~~qualified~~]:

(1) Parents, legal guardians, students, and members of the community; and

(2) Qualified professional providers of construction or project-related professional services who are under contract with Hawaii 3R's,

to provide construction or project-related services for the repair and maintenance of public schools.

The department shall maintain a list of volunteers so accepted, and shall provide the [~~professional providers~~] volunteers with appropriate guidance, supervision, and control to reasonably protect members of the public from injury or damage. Once accepted as a volunteer by the department, the [~~professional provider~~] volunteer shall be entitled to protection from liability for volunteers under chapter 90, unless the injury or damage is caused by or is the result of the [~~professional provider's~~] volunteer's wilful and wanton act or omission."

(b) There is established, within the department of education, a coordinator position to coordinate the public and private efforts to repair and maintain public schools; provided that the coordinator shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent and may be established as a permanent position not subject to chapter 76."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

School Repair and Maintenance; Volunteers

Description:

Requires the Department of Education to accept parents, students, and community members as volunteers for school repair and maintenance projects.

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