Committees

30th Legislature, 2019
View Legislative Calendar

Floor session convene times for April 25, 2019:
Senate: 6:30 p.m. | House of Representatives: 6:30 p.m.

Find Your Legislator

(?)

Chair

Michelle N. Kidani
Senate District 18
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 228
phone: 808-586-7100
fax: 808-586-7109
senkidani@capitol.hawaii.gov

Vice Chair

Donna Mercado Kim
Senate District 14
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 218
phone: 808-587-7200
fax: 808-587-7205
senkim@capitol.hawaii.gov

Members

Donovan M. Dela Cruz	Kurt Fevella
Dru Mamo Kanuha

The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to early education, including the Hawai‘i P-20 Initiative, public schools, continuing education, and the public libraries.

Click to Show All Notices

EDU Measures Scheduled for Hearing (Current Notices)

No Hearings Scheduled

EDU Measures in 2019

Measure and Title
SB35 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB36 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB79 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB80 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB81 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB82 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB83 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB85 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB86 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB87 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB178 RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS FOR JUVENILES.
SB220 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS.
SB256 RELATING TO STUDENT INFORMED CONSENT.
SCR2 REQUESTING THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO REPORT ON THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED AND PRIORITIZATION ADVISED FOR CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES FUNDING PURSUANT TO SECTION 302D-29.5, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
SB299 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SB343 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
HB246 HD2 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
HB247 HD1 RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
HB251 HD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB589 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB590 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB593 RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
SB667 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB691 RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.
SB745 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB746 RELATING TO BANNING THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SB764 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB820 RELATING TO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH.
SB896 RELATING TO GENERATION OF STATE REVENUES.
SB900 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
SB925 RELATING TO VACCINATION GUIDELINES.
SB926 RELATING TO VACCINATIONS.
SB945 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB979 RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY.
SB982 RELATING TO KINDERGARTEN.
SB1011 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB1013 RELATING TO BULLYING.
SB1015 RELATING TO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE.
SB1017 RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION.
SCR10 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.
SR9 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.
SB1080 RELATING TO SMOKING.
HB745 HD1 RELATING TO SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP NAMING RIGHTS.
SB1164 RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.
SB1165 RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.
SB1222 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE THE CURRENT FEDERALLY FUNDED CHARTER SCHOOL PREKINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS.
HB917 HD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS.
HB996 HD2 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE THE CURRENT FEDERALLY FUNDED CHARTER SCHOOL PREKINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS.
SB1388 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB1392 RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
HB1143 HD2 RELATING TO TEACHER SALARIES.
SB1445 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB1448 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
HB1275 HD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
HB1347 HD1 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SB1476 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
SB1485 RELATING TO SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP NAMING RIGHTS.
SB1509 RELATING TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
SB1513 RELATING TO EDUCATION.
HCR28 HD1 ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MEET AS A WORKING GROUP FOR SEXUAL-VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SCR58 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO INCLUDE CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION INSTRUCTION AS PART OF THE HEALTH CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE.
SCR114 URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES TO ALLOW HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
SR84 URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES TO ALLOW HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
SCR127 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF A CONSOLIDATED, CONSISTENT VISION SCREENING PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN IN THE STATE.
SR97 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF A CONSOLIDATED, CONSISTENT VISION SCREENING PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN IN THE STATE.
SCR140 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW ITS POLICIES REGARDING RECRUITMENT OF EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED TEACHERS, WITH PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION ON ELIMINATING THE CAP ON CREDIT FOR YEARS OF TEACHING OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SCR141 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ACCEPT THE NATIONAL ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES.
SR107 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW ITS POLICIES REGARDING RECRUITMENT OF EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED TEACHERS, WITH PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION ON ELIMINATING THE CAP ON CREDIT FOR YEARS OF TEACHING OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SR108 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ACCEPT THE NATIONAL ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES.
SR129 REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S STATEWIDE BACKLOG OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
SCR163 REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S STATEWIDE BACKLOG OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
SR156 REQUESTING THE EWA BEACH PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARY TO ALLOW THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF JAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL TO USE THE LIBRARY'S PARKING LOT DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
SCR193 REQUESTING THE EWA BEACH PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARY TO ALLOW THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF JAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL TO USE THE LIBRARY'S PARKING LOT DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
GM722 Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Education, Gubernatorial Nominee, BRUCE VOSS, for a term to expire 06-30-2022.
GM723 Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Education, Gubernatorial Nominee, KENNETH UEMURA, for a term to expire 06-30-2022.
GM740 Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Education, Gubernatorial Nominee, DAMIEN BARCARSE, for a term to expire 06-30-2022.

Hawaii State Legislature