HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2267
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to public charter schools.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that, in order to maximize available funding, the department of education can include the enrollment totals or projections of the public charter schools for federal student services grants (e.g., student transportation).  The purpose of this Act is to ensure that when the enrollment numbers of the public charter schools are included to secure additional funding, the distribution of funds received goes to the public charter schools in an equitable distribution.

     SECTION 2.  Section 302B-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  Charter schools shall be eligible for all federal financial support to the same extent as all other public schools.  The department shall provide the office with all state-level federal grant proposals submitted by the department that include charter schools as potential recipients and timely reports on state-level federal grants received for which charter schools may apply or are entitled to receive.  Federal funds received by the department for charter schools shall be transferred to the office for distribution to charter schools in accordance with the federal requirements.  If administrative services related to federal grants and subsidies are provided to the charter school by the department, the charter school shall reimburse the department for the actual costs of the administrative services in an amount that shall not exceed six and one-half per cent of the charter school's federal grants and subsidies.

     Whenever the department receives federal grants or subsidies where the public charter schools are eligible for the moneys, and the specific grant or subsidy does not include instructions regarding distribution, and the department has the discretion on distribution of funds, the department shall transfer an equitable distribution of the funds received to public charter schools similar to the distribution of funds to other public schools.

     Any charter school shall be eligible to receive any supplemental federal grant or award for which any other public school may submit a proposal, or any supplemental federal grants limited to charter schools; provided that if department administrative services, including funds management, budgetary, fiscal accounting, or other related services, are provided with respect to these supplemental grants, the charter school shall reimburse the department for the actual costs of the administrative services in an amount that shall not exceed six and one-half per cent of the supplemental grant for which the services are used.

     All additional funds generated by the local school boards, that are not from a supplemental grant, shall be held separate from allotted funds and may be expended at the discretion of the local school boards."

     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.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Public Charter Schools; Funding

 

Description:

Requires the Department of Education to provide an early and equitable distribution of grant moneys received to the Hawaii Charter School Administrative Office when charter school enrollment numbers were used to secure federal grants.

 

 

 

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