Bill Text: HI SCR9 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct Study Of Two Potential Dedicated Sources Of Funding For Public Education.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-28 - The committee on EDU deferred the measure. [SCR9 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SCR9-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	9
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO conduct study of TWO POTENTIAL DEDICATED SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

 

 

     WHEREAS, public education is a critical pillar of a productive and equitable society; and

 

     WHEREAS, article X, section 1, of the Hawaii State Constitution requires the State to provide a system of public education; and

 

     WHEREAS, funding for public education in Hawaii is primarily sourced from the State's general fund; and

 

     WHEREAS, public education in Hawaii is not adequately funded; and

 

     WHEREAS, chronic underfunding of public schools undermines the State's goal of providing a quality education to all children in the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, it is necessary to develop a durable, dedicated source of funding the State's public education system, to ensure that the State will be able to prepare children to meet the social and economic demands of the future; and

 

     WHEREAS, one option for a dedicated source of funding public education in the State is a state lottery; and

 

     WHEREAS, a second option for a dedicated source of funding public education in the State is a one per cent allocation of county real property tax revenues; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to study and determine the potential yield of a state lottery as a dedicated source of funding for the State's public education system; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to study and determine the potential yield of a one per cent allocation of county real property tax revenues as a dedicated source of funding for the State's public education system; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Legislative Reference Bureau and Department of Education.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Department of Education; Legislative Reference Bureau; Public Education; Funding; Real Property Tax; State Lottery; Study