THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 18, 2019

TIME:

2:45PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 615, HD3

      (HSCR1220)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Amends the Board of Education membership by inviting the exclusive representative for Bargaining Unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the Department of Education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the Board, subject to certain conditions.  (HB615 HD3)

 

EDU, JDC

SR 9 / SCR 10

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF UPDATING "HAWAI‘I SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND" TO "HAWAI‘I SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF" TO REDUCE CONFUSION AND IDENTIFY WHERE STUDENTS WHO ARE BLIND MAY ACCESS APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND SERVICES.

 

 

EDU

SR 110 / SCR 143

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION INTO HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.

 

 

EDU

SR 150 / SCR 187

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPTS.

 

 

EDU

SR 49 / SCR 71

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING TO EXAMINE AND CONSIDER A SLIDING SCALE TUITION OR FEE SCHEDULE FOR STATE PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.

 

 

EDU, WAM

SR 58 / SCR 81

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 291C-3, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, FOR KEIKI HEALTH BENEFITS.

 

 

EDU, WAM

SCR 186

      Status & Testimony

ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST COHORT OF UNDERPRIVILEGED, ECONOMICALLY-DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN HAWAII TO STUDY AT ELITE SCHOOLS IN ASIA THROUGH THE 2020 HAWAII-ASIA YOUTH PROGRAM.

 

 

EDU, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Michelle N. Kidani

Chair