THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair
Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2014

DATE:

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

TIME:

1:30 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 414
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2139
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires all public secondary schools to implement a school year that includes nine hundred ninety student instructional hours beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.  Repeals the requirement that by the 2016-2018 school years, all public schools implement a school year of one hundred eighty days and one thousand eighty student instructional hours for both elementary and secondary school grades.  Clarifies that the definition of "student instructional hours" shall be determined by the board of education.

EDU, WAM

SB2922
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the lengthening of the school year from 180 days to 190 days beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.  Discontinues the requirements for minimum number of student hours effective at the end of the 2014-2015 school year.

EDU, WAM

SB2517
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Authorizes the state public charter school commission to request the issuance of general obligation bonds from the director of finance and to allocate the proceeds for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school facilities.  Creates a working group to determine criteria for and to prioritize the allocation of general obligation bond proceeds to the public charters schools.  Specifies that public charter school facilities funded through the proceeds of general obligation bonds are owned by the State.  Requires the state public charter school commission to report annually to the legislature.  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the state public charter school commission.  Repeals on June 30, 2024.

EDU, WAM
[Measure added on 2/3/2014]

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

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