THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective committees:

 

HB 1814, HD1

      (SSCR2975)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to provide training and track data on public school pupil punishment and use of restraints restrictions established by Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014.  Requires report.  Appropriates funds.  (HB1814 HD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 2205, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR3032)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Establishes requirements for public charter school board meetings.  Clarifies that revocation and renewal proceedings shall not be subject to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Authorizes charter schools to assess fees and charges for co-curricular activities.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (SD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 2266, HD2

      (SSCR2974)

      Status & Testimony

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EARLY LEARNING.

Makes appropriations to the Executive Office on Early Learning for staffing and travel.  (HB2266 HD2)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 2267, HD1

      (SSCR2972)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS.

Defines curricular materials to include both printed and digital material.  Clarifies that moneys for curricular materials can be used for digital formats.  Appropriates funds.  (HB2267 HD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 2453, HD1

      (SSCR2973)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Appropriates moneys for start-up grants for newly approved, pre-opening, public charter schools.  (HB2453 HD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 493, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR2398)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds for a permanent full-time associate/full professor and permanent full-time assistant/associate specialist position within the University of Hawaii center on aging.  (SD1)

 

HEA/HMS, WAM

HB 2741, HD1

      (SSCR3130)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MILITARY IN THE ARTS.

Appropriates moneys for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish an Arts in the Military Program.  (HB2741 HD1)

 

HEA/PSM, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.

 

Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

Click here to submit written testimony to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.

 

 

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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)586-6800.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jill N. Tokuda

Chair