Report Title:

DOE; New Century Charter Schools; Funding

Description:

Expedites funding for new century charter schools.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2587

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to education.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 302A-1185, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) To enable new century charter schools to access state funding prior to the start of each school year, foster their fiscal planning, and enhance their accountability, the charter school administrative office shall:

(1) Provide [forty] fifty per cent of a new century charter school's per pupil allocation based on the new century charter school's projected student enrollment no later than August 1 of each fiscal year; provided that the new century charter school shall submit to the charter school administrative office a projected student enrollment no later than May 15 of each year;

(2) Provide an additional forty per cent of a new century charter school's per pupil allocation no later than October 15 of each year; provided that the new century charter school shall submit to the charter school administrative office a verified student enrollment no later than September 15 of each year; and

(3) Provide the remaining [twenty] ten per cent per pupil allocation of a new century charter school based on the new century charter school's verified student enrollment no later than January 1 of each year; provided that the new century charter school shall submit to the charter school administrative office a revised student enrollment no later than December 1 of each year."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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