Bill Text: HI HB921 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [HB921 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB921-Introduced.html
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H.B. NO. |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. The legislature finds that there is a public benefit from
substantial investment in high-quality, developmentally appropriate early
learning programs. These investments
have been driven by significant and continuing research affirming the positive
effects of high-quality early learning programs on the physical, cognitive,
linguistic, social, emotional, and economic outcomes of young children. Provided with such opportunities, children are
more likely to succeed in kindergarten and beyond, and grow into healthy,
capable, and contributing adults.
Longitudinal studies
have also proven that high-quality early learning programs are especially
effective for high-risk children, including low-income and otherwise
disadvantaged children, with great potential to alter their lifetime
trajectories. Well-executed
and well-targeted early learning programs have immediate and long-term benefits
not only for the children participating in the programs, but also for the
societies in which they live, which boast higher levels of educational
attainment; reduced homelessness, crime, and substance abuse; improved health;
and better overall social and economic well-being.
The legislature
further finds that although the department of education administers programs of
education and public instruction throughout the State, including special
education and Title I funded programs at the prekindergarten level, the
executive office on early learning, under policies established by the early
learning board, shall be responsible for the administration of programs related
to state-funded prekindergarten.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the
executive office on early learning to act as the lead administrator of state-funded
early learning programs, except for special education and Title I funded
programs.
SECTION 2. Section 26-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§26-12 Department of education. The department of education shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the board of education.
Under policies established by the board, the superintendent shall administer programs of education and public instruction throughout the State, including education at the primary and secondary school levels, adult education, school library services, health education and instruction (not including dental health treatment transferred to the department of health), special education and Title I funded programs at the prekindergarten level, and such other programs as may be established by law. The executive office on early learning, under policies established by the early learning board, shall be responsible for the administration of programs related to state-funded prekindergarten, except for special education and Title I funded programs. The state librarian, under policies established by the board of education, shall be responsible for the administration of programs relating to public library services and transcribing services for the blind.
The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the department of education (except dental health treatment transferred to the department of health), library of Hawaii, Hawaii county library, Maui county library, and the transcribing services program of the bureau of sight conservation and work with the blind, as heretofore constituted are transferred to the public library system established by this chapter.
The management contract between the board of supervisors of the county of Kauai and the Kauai public library association shall be terminated at the earliest time after November 25, 1959, permissible under the terms of the contract and the provisions of this paragraph shall constitute notice of termination, and the functions and authority heretofore exercised by the Kauai county library as heretofore constituted and the Kauai public library association over the public libraries in the county of Kauai shall thereupon be transferred to the public library system established by this chapter.
The management contracts between the trustees of the library of Hawaii and the Friends of the Library of Hawaii, and between the library of Hawaii and the Hilo library and reading room association, shall be terminated at the earliest time after November 25, 1959, permissible under the terms of the contracts, and the provisions of this paragraph shall constitute notice of termination.
Upon the termination of the contracts, the State or the counties shall not enter into any library management contracts with any private association; provided that in providing library services the board of education may enter into contracts approved by the governor for the use of lands, buildings, equipment, and facilities owned by any private association.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board of education may establish, specify the membership number and quorum requirements for, appoint members to, and disestablish a commission in each county to be known as the library advisory commission, which shall in each case sit in an advisory capacity to the board of education on matters relating to public library services in their respective county."
SECTION 3. Section 302A-1111, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Under policies established by the board, the
superintendent shall be designated as the chief executive officer of the public
school system having jurisdiction over the internal organization, operation,
and management of the public school system, as provided by law; and shall
administer programs of education and public instruction throughout the State,
including education at the primary and secondary school levels, and such other
programs as may be established by law[.]; provided that state-funded
prekindergarten programs other than special education and Title I funded
programs shall be administered by the executive office on early learning."
SECTION 4. Section 302A-1128, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1128
Department powers and duties.
The department shall have entire charge and control and be responsible
for the conduct of all affairs pertaining to public instruction in the public
schools the department establishes and operates, including operating and
maintaining the capital improvement and repair and maintenance programs for
department and school facilities. The department
may establish and maintain schools for secular instruction at such places and
for such terms as in its discretion it may deem advisable and the funds at its
disposal may permit. The schools may
include high schools, kindergarten schools, [schools or classes for early
childhood education,] boarding schools, Hawaiian language medium education
schools, and evening and day schools.
The department may also maintain classes for technical and other
instruction in any school where there may not be pupils sufficient in number to
justify the establishment of separate schools for these purposes."
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for early childhood education programs administered by the executive office on early learning.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the executive office on early learning for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
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Report Title:
DOE; Executive Office on Early Learning; Appropriation
Description:
Housekeeping amendments relating to the transfer of early childhood education from the Department of Education to the Executive Office on Early Learning.
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