THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2007

 

DATE:

Friday, February 2, 2007

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Wednesday, January 31, 2007)

 

SB 14

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes the candidate advisory council to screen and propose candidates for appointment to the board of regents of the University of Hawaii.  Increases the board of regents membership to fifteen members with a specified number of members representing different geographic areas.  Prohibits a board of regents member from serving more than two consecutive five-year terms.  Requires the senate to consider the question of an incumbent member's confirmation for a second term at least 120 days prior to the conclusion of the member's first term.  Allows a board of regents member to continue to serve until the member's successor has been appointed and confirmed by the senate.

 

EDU

SB 100

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to suspend its rules, in cases where extenuating circumstances exist, and to amend licensing-related fees and charges relating to the performance of the board's duties.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 1147

RELATING TO TEACHING LICENSURE.

Establishes a committee to review teaching licensure standards to ensure effective teachers from outside the State receive a Hawaii teaching license.

 

EDU

SB 605

RELATING TO TEACHER LICENSING.

Authorizes the issuance of a Hawaii teacher's license based on the possession of an active license from California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Washington, and from any state whose licensure standards are the same or higher than those of Hawaii.

 

EDU

SB 27

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the Department of Education to hire individuals with professional experience and university degrees as exceptional teachers and to authorize alternative licensing routes based on performance-based standards and giving credit toward licensing for prior teaching experience in public schools outside of Hawaii and at accredited private schools, colleges, or universities.

 

EDU

SB 650

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education to allow teachers to receive credit for any degree or coursework completed, regardless of the relevance of the degree or coursework to teaching.

 

EDU

SB 1130

RELATING TO EARLY EDUCATION.

Prohibits the moving of junior kindergarten and kindergarten students between tiers; prohibits a junior kindergartener from directly graduating to first grade; ensures that separate curriculum is established for the junior kindergarten program; requires the department of education to staff junior kindergartens with qualified preschool teachers and preschool teacher aides; requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to develop standards for teachers and teacher aides assigned to junior kindergarten classrooms; and appropriates funds for the implementation of a junior kindergarten program that achieves a ten to one student ratio.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 686

RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS.

Appropriates moneys to the department of education for an educational assistants' career ladder program.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 1179

RELATING TO SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.

Appropriates funds to non-school hour programs for youth enrolled in school.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 766

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows certain teacher loans to be forgiven after employment at a neighbor island public school for a specified number of years as determined by the department.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 1152

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Provides for smaller learning communities in public schools. Prohibits the selling of school lands and buildings without consideration of using the land and buildings for small learning communities. Requires the department of education to give priority to establishing early learning facilities over closing or consolidating school facilities

 

EDU, WAM

SB 1155

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to address educational needs, specifically teacher shortage.

 

EDU, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-8585.