THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 5, 2021

TIME:

3:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

 

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A G E N D A

 

SB 1271

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Establishes an early childhood educator stipend program to be administered by the executive office on early learning to address the shortage of qualified early childhood educators in Hawaii.  Requires stipend fund repayments for the early childhood educator stipend program to be deposited into the early learning special fund.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 467

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county.  Requires the board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items.  Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums.

 

EDU, JDC

SB 1384

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Provides that the prohibition against serving two consecutive terms not to exceed eight consecutive years pursuant to section 26-34(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not apply to the representative of Hawaiian medium early learning providers' term limit. Repeals on June 30, 2025.

 

EDU, JDC

SB 1287

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE FOOD SERVICES BRANCH.

Requires the department of education food services branch to coordinate with the principals and vice principals of department schools to determine which school meal program offered by the USDA is the best fit for the student body and campus of each school.

 

EDU, JDC

SB 1385

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Require the department of education to develop a reorganization plan to provide students and schools with centralized food and transportation services.  Requires the provision of locally produced food to increase in an unspecified percentage annually for five years.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 702

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION FUNDING.

Requires the committee on weights to submit a report to the legislature detailing any changes to the funding formula within thirty days of the change.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 468

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.

Repeals the school impact fee exemptions for nonresidential development and housing subject to the transient accommodations tax when seeking development in a designated school impact district requiring county subdivision approval, county building permit, or condominium property regime approval of the project. 

 

EDU, WAM/JDC

SB 703

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.

Requires two hours of annual in-service training in suicide prevention for all teachers, principals, and school counselors.

 

EDU, JDC

SB 509

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes criteria for industry certification awards to public high schools and appropriates funds to the Department of Education to incentivize public high schools to encourage students to obtain industry-recognized certifications.  Requires the Department to submit an annual report containing specified information about the progress of the incentivization.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 508

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer an ocean safety and stewardship education program for all fourth grade students.

 

EDU, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Michelle N. Kidani

Chair