Bill Text: HI HB1696 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Charter Schools; Foreign Students; High School Diploma; Tuition
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - Referred to EDN, referral sheet 3 [HB1696 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1696-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to Charter Schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 302D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302D- Students in foreign countries; online curriculum for high school diploma; tuition. (a) Any charter school that offers a high school curriculum may establish a program to award a high school diploma to a foreign student; provided that the program:
(1) Includes two years of high school level coursework to be completed online through the Internet;
(2) Requires the foreign student to physically attend the charter school for at least one semester at the twelfth grade level; and
(3) Offers an appropriate curriculum for attaining a high school diploma in accordance with the standards established by the department.
(b) A charter school may assess tuition to a foreign student for the foreign student's participation in any program established by the charter school pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) For the purposes of this section, "foreign student" means a high school level student who permanently resides in a jurisdiction other than the United States and who satisfies the school age restriction set forth in section 302A-1134(c)."
SECTION 2. Section 302D-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
"(h) No charter school may assess tuition[.],
except as provided in section 302D- ."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Charter Schools; Foreign Students; High School Diploma; Tuition
Description:
Authorizes charter high schools to charge tuition to foreign students who study online with the school and attend the school for at least one semester to earn a diploma in accordance with DOE standards.
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