Bill Text: HI SB392 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Special Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-22 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2). [SB392 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB392-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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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 SPECIAL EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that special education services, including speech and language therapy, physical and occupational therapy, and counseling accommodations, meet the unique needs of students with disabilities. Governed by federal and state regulations, special education services are available to eligible students between the ages of three and twenty-two who demonstrate a need for specially designed instruction.
The legislature further finds that, based on statewide assessments, most special education students in the State's public school system are performing below their current grade levels in reading and math. During the 2013-2014 academic year, only twenty-two per cent of special education students were proficient in reading and only fifteen per cent were proficient in math. Moreover, from the 2004-2005 to 2013-2014 academic years, the achievement gap between special education students and general education students increased to 48.2 per cent in reading and 48.8 per cent in math, an approximate ten per cent change in reading and twenty-seven per cent change in math. For the 2016-2017 school year, the statewide achievement gap between high needs and non-high needs students stood at thirty-three per cent for language arts and twenty-eight per cent for math.
Closing the achievement gap between special needs students and their general education peers requires investing in additional resources for special education teachers and classrooms.
The purpose of this Act is to provide special education teachers with funding for classroom materials to help ensure a quality educational experience for all special needs students.
SECTION 2. 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 the department of education to provide up to $1,690 to each special education classroom teacher for instructional materials and equipment to support student learning.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2052.
Report Title:
DOE; Special Education; Instructional Materials; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to provide up to $1,690 to each special education classroom teacher for instructional materials and equipment. (SB392 HD1)
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