THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair
Senator Breene Harimoto, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016

DATE:	Friday, March 18, 2016
TIME:	1:15 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SCR44 Status and Testimony	REQUESTING A SUNRISE ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.	CPH/EDU, WAM
SCR52 Status and Testimony	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT EDUCATION IN THE FINE ARTS AND HAWAIIAN STUDIES.	EDU/HWN
SR26 Status and Testimony	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT EDUCATION IN THE FINE ARTS AND HAWAIIAN STUDIES.	EDU/HWN
HB2266 HD2 (HSCR914-16) Status and Testimony	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EARLY LEARNING. Makes appropriations to the Executive Office on Early Learning for staffing and travel.  (HB2266 HD2)	EDU, WAM
HB1814 HD1 (HSCR692-16) Status and 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
HB2494 (HSCR697-16) Status and Testimony	RELATING TO BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING. Authorizes DOE employees to volunteer to administer or assist a student with blood glucose monitoring.	EDU, CPH
HB2267 HD1 (HSCR830-16) Status and 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
HB2205 HD1 (HSCR829-16) Status and Testimony	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Establishes requirements for public charter school board meetings.  Exempts public charter school commission from certain public meeting requirements.  Authorizes charter schools to assess fees and charges for co-curricular activities.  (HB2205 HD1)	EDU, WAM
HB2453 HD1 (HSCR694-16) Status and Testimony	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Appropriates moneys for start-up grants for newly approved, pre-opening, public charter schools.  (HB2453 HD1)	EDU, WAM
HB1787 HD2 (HSCR784-16) Status and Testimony	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates and appropriates funds for Erin's Law Task Force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse prevention, and report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public school children on sexual abuse prevention through age-appropriate curricula.  (HB1787 HD2)	EDU, JDL/WAM
SCR43 Status and Testimony	REQUESTING THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA GRANTING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ADULT LEARNERS.	EDU
SR21 Status and Testimony	REQUESTING THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA GRANTING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ADULT LEARNERS.	EDU
SCR42 Status and Testimony	ENCOURAGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS AT LEAST ONE MEMBER WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY.	EDU, WAM
SR20 Status and Testimony	ENCOURAGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS AT LEAST ONE MEMBER WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY.	EDU, WAM
SCR50 Status and Testimony	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO PLAN AND PREPARE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.	EDU, WAM
SR24 Status and Testimony	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO PLAN AND PREPARE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.	EDU, WAM
SCR61 Status and Testimony	ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMOTE INCREASED PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM.	EDU, PSM
SR33 Status and Testimony	ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMOTE INCREASED PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM.	EDU, PSM
HB2510 HD1 (HSCR695-16) Status and Testimony	RELATING TO HOUSING VOUCHERS. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a housing voucher program for full-time classroom teachers employed by the Department of Education, including classroom teachers at public charter schools.  (HB2510 HD1)	HOU/EDU, WAM [Measure added on 3/15/2016]

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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