THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

                  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
                 Senator David Ige, Chair
            Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice-Chair

                     NOTICE OF HEARING

        DATE:    Monday, February 07, 2000

        TIME:    1:00 PM

        PLACE:   Conference Room 212
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street


                        A G E N D A

SB 2461  RELATING TO EDUCATION                      EDU, JDC
        Proposes amendments to article X, Section 2 of the
        Hawaii Constitution to provide that the public high
        school student member on the board of education shall
        serve as a voting member. (Chun
        Oakland/Kanno/Tam/Kawamoto/Fukunaga/Ihara)

SB 2130  PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE
        HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL NONVOTING
        MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION           EDU, JDC
        Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to add
        a member of the armed forces as a nonvoting member of
        the Board of Education.  The new nonvoting member
        shall be appointed by the Governor. (Kawamoto)

SB 3150  RELATING TO COMMUNITY PARTNER COUNCILS     EDU, WAM
        Creates a community partner council in each school
        district, administered by district superintendent.
        (Sakamoto)

SB 2571  RELATING TO SCHOOL - BASED BUDGETING       EDU, WAM
        Amends chapter 302A, HRS, to facilitate implementation
        of school-based budgeting, by requiring the DOE to
        submit to the individual schools and the legislature,
        by opening day of each regular session, a report on
        its proposed school-by-school budget allocation.
        (Sakamoto)

SB 2832  RELATING TO SCHOOL LUNCH                   EDU, WAM

 
        Sets the price of school lunch to be in proportion to
        the total cost of operating the school food services
        program.  Allows the Department to adjust the price to
        maintain this proportion. (Mizuguchi (BR))

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SB 2334  RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX             EDU, WAM
        Exempts from the general excise tax fundraising
        amounts raised by certain nonprofit groups, such as
        the PTA and PSTA, and purchases made by such groups
        for public schools, such as public school equipment.
        (Kanno)

SB 2696  RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX             EDU, WAM
        Exempts from the general excise tax fundraising
        amounts raised by certain nonprofit groups for public
        school projects as long as the funds are used to
        supplement the cost for public school programs and the
        board accepts the donations. (Tam)

SB 2474  RELATING TO FEDERAL AID                    EDU, WAM
        Prohibits federal impact aid received by the DOE from
        being returned to the general fund unless legislature,
        by concurrent resolution, approves the return of the
        aid to the general fund.  Allows excess federal impact
        aid to be spent by the DOE for the purposes of the
        school-based budgeting program - EDN 100. (Sakamoto)

SB 2835  RELATING TO EDUCATION                      EDU, WAM
        Authorizes the DOE to retain and expend a portion of
        all indirect overhead reimbursements for discretionary
        grants.  Establish a federal grants search and
        application special fund.  Provides the DOE with
        autonomy over the administration of its trust funds.
        (Mizuguchi (BR))

SB 2469  RELATING TO EDUCATION                      EDU, WAM
        Transfers the administration and supervision of the
        school-to-work opportunities pilot project from the
        Hawaii school-to-work opportunities executive council
        to the DOE.  Makes the Hawaii school-to-work
        opportunities executive council an advisory body to
        the BOE and the DOE. (Sakamoto)

SB 2475  RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY IN SPORTS        EDU, WAM
        Prohibits discrimination in athletics on the basis of
        sex in any public school and requires the
        superintendent of education to develop a strategic
        plan to ensure equity in sports participation.
        (Sakamoto)


        DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.



 
 
 
 
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                               Senator David Ige
                               Chair