Bill Text: HI SB299 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Junior Kindergarten; Repeal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB299 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB299-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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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. Section 302A-411, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[§302A-411 Junior kindergarten and
kindergarten program; establishment; attendance. [Section
effective until June 30, 2014. For section effective July 1, 2014, see below.]
(a) The department shall establish and maintain junior kindergartens and
kindergartens with a program of instruction as a part of the public school
system; provided that:
(1) Attendance shall not be mandatory; and
(2) Charter schools shall be excluded from
mandatory participation in the program.
(b) The department shall establish a
two-tier junior kindergarten and kindergarten program to support the range of
developmental abilities of children in junior kindergarten and kindergarten.
Schools shall not move students between junior kindergarten and kindergarten,
except in cases where the movement is warranted and based on appropriate
assessments determined by:
(1) A qualified teacher with early
childhood education background or experience; and
(2) The formative and summative assessment
of a student's academic, physical, social, and emotional abilities,
provided that, beginning with the 2010-2011
school year, the department shall use successful assessment tools and protocols
for determining a student's initial placement and for decision making about a
student's movement between tiers and into grade one. Junior kindergarten
students may graduate directly to grade one when promotion is based on
appropriate assessments and other progress data collected over time.
(c) Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year,
a child who will be at least five years of age on or before December 31 of the
school year may attend a public school kindergarten. Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, a child who will be
at least five years of age on or before August 1 of the school year may attend
a public school kindergarten. Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, a
child who will be at least five years of age after August 1 and before January
1 of the school year may attend a public school junior kindergarten. Beginning
with the 2013-2014 school year, a child who will be at least five years of age
on the first day of instruction may attend a public school kindergarten.
(d) The department may accept gifts to
establish and maintain junior kindergartens and kindergartens.
§302A-411 Kindergarten program;
establishment; attendance. [Section effective July 1, 2014. For
section effective until June 30, 2014, see above.] (a) The
department shall establish and maintain kindergartens with a program of
instruction as a part of the public school system; provided that:
(1) Attendance shall not be mandatory; and
(2) Charter schools shall be excluded from mandatory participation in the program.
(b) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, a child who will be at least five years of age on July 31 of the school year may attend a public school kindergarten.
(c) The department may accept gifts to establish and maintain kindergartens."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Junior Kindergarten; Repeal.
Description:
Repeals establishment of junior kindergarten, HRS 302A-411.
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