Bill Text: HI HB1746 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Department of Education; Department of Health; Interagency Working Group
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-06 - Referred to EDU, WAM. [HB1746 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1746-Amended.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 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004 (Act 51), sought to revamp education in Hawaii by, in part, creating an interagency working group to develop plans for transferring certain rights, powers, functions, duties, and resources from various state departments to the department of education. The interagency working group ceased to exist on June 30, 2007.
The legislature further finds that re-establishing interagency working groups will help address various issues that have either not been fully resolved since Act 51 or have arisen as a result of the transferring of certain rights, powers, functions, duties, and resources from various state departments to the department of education.
The purpose of this Act is to re-establish interagency working groups based on Act 51.
SECTION 2. (a) The department of education shall convene an interagency working group to discuss and create a comprehensive plan to address issues relating to:
(1) Necessary statewide capital improvements to public school campuses for compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974;
(2) Repair and maintenance of public school facilities on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Maui; and
(3) Any other relevant issues arising out of section 42 of Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004.
(b) The working group shall include:
(1) The chair of the senate committee on education, or the chair's designee;
(2) The chair of the house of representatives committee on education, or the chair's designee;
(3) The superintendent of education, or the superintendent's designee;
(4) The comptroller, or the comptroller's designee; and
(5) Any other person the superintendent of education and comptroller, or their designees, deem necessary to further the purposes of this Act.
(c) The working group shall report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2015 and 2016.
(d) The working group shall be dissolved on June 30, 2016.
SECTION 3. (a) The department of education shall convene an interagency working group to discuss and create a comprehensive plan to address issues relating to:
(1) The transfer of health aides from the department of health to the department of education;
(2) Training of department of education employees and agents relating to the administration of medication to students by the department of health; and
(3) Any other relevant issues arising out of section 42 of Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004.
(b) The working group shall include:
(1) The chair of the senate committee on education, or the chair's designee;
(2) The chair of the house of representatives committee on education, or the chair's designee;
(3) The superintendent of education, or the superintendent's designee;
(4) The director of health, or the director's designee; and
(5) Any other person the superintendent of education and director of health, or their designees, deem necessary to further the purposes of this Act.
(c) The working group shall report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2015 and 2016.
(d) The working group shall be dissolved on June 30, 2016.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Department of Education; Department of Health; Interagency Working Group
Description:
Establishes interagency working groups to discuss and create comprehensive plans to address various issues relating to Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004. (HB1746 HD1)
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