HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Rep. Roy M. Takumi, Chair

Rep. Sharon E. Har, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Richard P. Creagan

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Rep. Mark J. Hashem

Rep. Justin H. Woodson

Rep. Kaniela Ing

Rep. Lauren Kealohilani Matsumoto

Rep. Takashi Ohno

 

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Rep. Justin H. Woodson, Chair

Rep. Mark J. Hashem, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Richard P. Creagan

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Kaniela Ing

Rep. Lauren Kealohilani Matsumoto

Rep. Takashi Ohno

 

 

 

COMMITTEE ON INTRASTATE COMMERCE

Rep. Takashi Ohno, Chair

Rep. Isaac W. Choy, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Romy M. Cachola

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Justin H. Woodson

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Rep. Gene Ward

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Monday, February 6, 2017

TIME:

2:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) has been ADDED to the agenda:  HB 190, HB 1379

 

HB 1265

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires licensure for certain private trade, vocational or technical schools.  Creates a private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure special fund.  Implements a licensure fee.

 

EDN/IAC, CPC, FIN

HB 189

Status

RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

Makes pilot schools that are approved and certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration subject to the oversight of the Hawaii Post-secondary Education Authorization Program.

 

EDN/HED, CPC, FIN

HB 190

Status

RELATING TO PRIVATE FLIGHT SCHOOLS.

Requires the Department of Education to authorize private flight schools that: (1) are physically present in the State; (2) are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration; (3) offer flight instructor certificates; (4) request authorization; and (5) meet other requirements.

 

EDN/HED, CPC, FIN

HB 501

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Expands the National Certification Incentive Program to provide monetary incentives to school psychologists.  Authorizes continuing bonuses for school psychologists in certain designated schools that improve and no longer carry a certain designation.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 492

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.

Appropriates moneys from the general fund for two specialist II positions within the Hawaii teacher standards board.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 880

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Establishes a Service Mark Licensing Agreement Program within the Department of Education and authorizes the Department of Education to register service marks for department programs and individual department schools and enter into licensing agreements for their use.

 

EDN, CPC

HB 944

Status

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Prohibits persons from interfering with or disrupting the orderly operation, safety, or peaceful conduct of a school or school-related activity.

 

EDN, JUD

HB 1231

Status

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.

Allows, in cases where the Department of Education directly expends its own funds for disaster relief to be directly credited with any federal disaster relief reimbursement.  Clarifies that the Department of Education may carry over funds received as disaster relief appropriation or reimbursement.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 1232

Status

RELATING TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT.

Requires the department of education to set a standard for retention of student records of not less than one hundred years.  Allows the department of education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 1379

Status

RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

Authorizes teachers to voluntarily promote community-sponsored after-school programs, subject to principal approval.

 

EDN, JUD

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

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Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Chair

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Rep. Takashi Ohno

Chair

 

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Rep. Justin H. Woodson

Chair