Report Title:

Federal Aid

 

Description:

Prohibits the amount of federal impact aid and other federal funds received by the DOE from being considered a reimbursement to the authorized appropriation in the general or supplemental appropriations acts or to be used to offset general funds.

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

675

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO FEDERAL AID.

 

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

SECTION 1. Public education has traditionally been and continues to be an issue of the utmost importance to the people of Hawaii. To effectively fulfill its mandate to provide a statewide system of public schools as articulated in Article X of the State Constitution, the department of education must have access to adequate resources and flexibility in the application of those resources.

The purpose of this Act is to ensure that defense funds, federal impact aid, and overhead reimbursements are completely expendable by the department of education.

SECTION 2. Section 29-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Federal impact aid, U.S. Department of Defense funds, and federal indirect overhead reimbursements received by the department of education shall not be considered a reimbursement to the authorized appropriation in the general or supplemental appropriations acts and shall not be returned to the general fund[.] to offset the amount of the general funds received."

SECTION 3. It is the intent of this Act not to jeopardize the receipt of any federal aid nor to impair the obligation of the State or any agency thereof to the holders of any bond issued by the State or by any such agency, and to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to effectuate this intent, the governor may modify the strict provisions of this Act, but shall promptly report any such modification with reasons therefor to the legislature at its next session thereafter for review by the legislature.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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