Bill Text: HI HB2170 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Early Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. [HB2170 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2170-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to early education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that
the positive outcomes associated with early learning come only with
high-quality programs, a crucial element of which are qualified educators. In addition to specialized coursework and
training in early childhood education, early learning educators, which include
both teachers as well as principals, require ongoing, targeted professional
development to implement high-quality pre-kindergarten classrooms.
In its implementation of
their public pre-kindergarten program, the executive office on early learning brings
together educators, including principals, several times a year for face-to-face
professional learning with their peers.
However, educators in rural areas have expressed a feeling of isolation
upon returning to their classrooms. The
legislature finds it is critical to provide these educators with equitable
access to needed resources and regular collaboration with their peers and
mentors in a professional learning community to help improve instruction and
deliver a high-quality pre-kindergarten program.
The development and maintenance of an
online platform by the executive office on early learning will provide a tool
through which communication between early learning educators can occur and can
provide resources to these educators, including recorded trainings and
meetings, accessible on a continuing basis, thus providing the permanency
needed for an effective online community of learners.
The purpose of this Act
is to appropriate funds to the executive office on early learning for an online
platform to facilitate professional learning for executive office on early
learning pre-kindergarten program educators.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $20,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for an online platform to facilitate professional learning for executive office on early learning public pre-kindergarten program educators.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the executive office on early learning for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018.
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Report Title:
Executive Office on Early Learning; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Early Learning for an online platform to facilitate professional learning for Executive Office on Early Learning public pre-kindergarten program educators.
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