HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2425

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to federal FUNDS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 29-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§29-25  Department of education; federal funds; general fund offset.  (a)  [Federal impact aid,] United States Department of Defense funds[,] and federal indirect overhead reimbursements received by the department of education shall not be returned to the general fund.  To the extent permitted by federal law, federal impact aid received by the department of education shall be transferred to the general fund.

     (b)  If the amount of [federal impact aid and] United States Department of Defense funds received by the department of education exceeds the authorized appropriation in the general appropriations act or the supplemental appropriations act, then the governor shall[:

     (1)  Allow] allow the department of education to increase the federal fund expenditure ceiling for all program identification numbers, each by an amount proportionate to its portion of the total general fund appropriation made by the legislature and by the amount that the [federal impact aid and] United States Department of Defense funds received by the department of education exceeds the authorized appropriation in the general appropriations act or the supplemental appropriations act[; and

     (2)  Allow the department of education to retain the full amount of the general fund offset created by increased impact aid receipts; provided that the department shall not use the general fund offset to create new programs or expand existing programs].

     (c)  Beginning July 1, 2004, and for each fiscal year thereafter, [the department of education may set aside] $100,000 of federal impact aid moneys received pursuant to this section may be set aside to:

     (1)  Establish and fund a permanent, full-time military liaison position within the department of education; and

     (2)  Fund the joint venture education program to facilitate interaction between the military community and the department of education.

     The military liaison position established under paragraph (1) shall be exempt from chapter 76 but shall be eligible to receive the benefits of any state or federal employee benefit program generally applicable to officers and employees of the State.

     (d)  The department of education shall submit a report to the legislature, not fewer than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, concerning the exact amount and specific nature of [federal impact aid,] United States Department of Defense funds[,] and federal indirect overhead reimbursements received under this section."

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-1401, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The board, designated as the administrators of such funds, other than federal impact aid, as may be allotted to the State under federal legislation for public educational purposes, subject to such limitations as may be imposed by congressional action, shall use and expend the funds:

     (1)  To improve the program of the public schools of the State, including any grades up to the fourteenth grade or such lower grade as shall be prescribed as a maximum for such purposes by the Act of Congress concerned, by expanding the educational offerings, particularly in the rural districts;

     (2)  For the payment of salaries to teachers;

     (3)  To employ additional teachers to relieve overcrowded classes;

     (4)  To adjust the salaries of teachers to meet the increased cost of living, within such limits as may be fixed by, and pursuant to, state law;

     (5)  To provide for the purchase of supplies, apparatus, and materials for the public schools; and

     (6)  For any of such purposes and to such extent as shall be permitted by the Acts of Congress concerned."

     SECTION 3.  Section 302A-1404, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Each fiscal year [the department of education may set aside] $100,000 of federal impact aid moneys received pursuant to this section may be set aside to:

     (1)  Establish and fund a permanent, full-time military liaison position within the department of education; and

     (2)  Fund the joint venture education forum to facilitate interaction between the military community and the department of education.

     The military liaison position established under paragraph (1) shall be exempt from chapter 76 but shall be eligible to receive the benefits of any state or federal employee benefit program generally applicable to officers and employees of the State."

     SECTION 4.  All actions taken under this Act shall comply with applicable federal laws and regulations and shall not jeopardize the receipt of any federal aid.

     SECTION 5.  If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

     SECTION 6.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2014.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Federal Funds; Impact Aid; Education

 

Description:

Directs federal impact aid into the general fund.

 

 

 

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