THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2007
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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS |
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
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TIME: |
1:30 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following bills were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees. For this decision-making, only written comments will be accepted; no oral testimony will be accepted.
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SB 50 SD1 (SSCR368) |
RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program. (SD1)
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EDU/HTH, WAM |
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SB 76 SD1 (SSCR88) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to the department of education to develop a plan to provide temperature reduction measures in public school facilities, which incorporates energy conservation initiatives. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 79 SD1 (SSCR466) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, to transfer certain fiscal functions from the department of education back to the department of budget and finance. (SD1)
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EDU/TSG, WAM |
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SB 80 SD1 (SSCR524) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates a revolving fund for the collection of stipend repayments for University of Hawaii students in breach of the Felix consent decree memorandum and provides funding for stipends for other students under the Felix consent decree memorandum. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 94 SD1 (SSCR87) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a revolving fund for the department of education in order for it to disburse revenue in support of its food distribution program. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 96 SD1 (SSCR464) |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to develop procedures for obtaining the criminal history of persons who are seeking to serve as providers or subcontractors and trainees from an institution of higher education. Allows the department to pass on fees charged by the Hawaii criminal justice data center. Repeals the authority of the department to refuse to issue or to revoke a teaching or other educational certificate. Makes appropriation. (SD1)
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EDU/JDL, WAM |
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SB 97 SD1 (SSCR461) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION. Appropriates $4,000,000 to the department of education for science textbooks and other teaching resources for school complex areas with an established K-12 articulated science curriculum and appropriates $750,000 to the department of education to assist teachers in conducting assessments and addressing student weaknesses and needs. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 100 SD1 (SSCR174) |
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. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 603 SD1 (SSCR522) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Expands the duties of the charter school review panel; clarifies the manner in which the executive director of the charter school administrative office is appointed and evaluated; updates the charter school funding formula; creates a category for agency-sponsored charter schools; requires the charter school administrative office to provide staff and resources for the charter school review panel; and increases the membership of the charter school review panel. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 608 SD1 (SSCR282) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides funding to the University of Hawaii to design, research, and develop an interactive searchable web-based database. (SD1)
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EDU/JDL, WAM |
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SB 610 (SSCR370) |
RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE. Makes an appropriation to the department of education to settle pending class action lawsuits brought by part-time and substitute teachers against the department of education of unpaid wages.
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EDU/JDL, WAM |
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SB 613 SD1 (SSCR235) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes an early educator incentive program. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 683 SD1 (SSCR371) |
RELATING TO THE RUNNING START PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE PREPARATION. Appropriates $50,000 for each year of the fiscal biennium to the University of Hawaii scholarship and assistance special fund for scholarships to students in underrepresented populations in higher education for tuition at the University of Hawaii to participate in the running start college preparatory program and ensures credit for both high school and college degrees is granted for courses taken while in the program. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 688 SD1 (SSCR119) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates $50,000, in each year of the fiscal biennium to the P-20 Initiative for the initiation and development of plans for education in Hawaii in the new century. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 696 SD1 (SSCR433) |
RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Establishes a new part for determining school impact fees for financing new or expanding existing department of education schools or facilities by requiring each school impact district to determine the appropriate student generation rates for the area. (SD1)
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EDU/IGM, WAM |
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SB 867 SD1 (SSCR120) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Directs the department of education to conduct a study of converting hard cover textbooks to e-books. Report to 2008 legislature. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 885 SD1 (SSCR233) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes an agricultural and culinary education pilot program to encourage farming, diversified agriculture, and related industries as long-term career goals, teach students healthy eating habits, and address Hawaii's long-term food sustainability needs. Sunsets in 2012. Establishes a comprehensive vocational agriculture and landscape education program in the public schools. Makes appropriations. (SD1)
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EDU/WAH, WAM |
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SB 1092 (SSCR442) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends Act 246, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, the Fix Our Schools Act, by extending the appropriation lapse date.
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1131 SD1 (SSCR121) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates moneys to the office of information technology services for the continued implementation of student information systems, student support systems, additional program requirements, and infrastructure enhancements for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1136 SD1 (SSCR566) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for students meeting specific criteria outside of weighted student formula allocations. Allows complex area superintendents to allocate resources within the complex areas. Appropriates moneys for the allocation of resources among the schools within the complex area superintendent's jurisdiction; provided that funds shall be provided at a rate of $30 per student. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1145 (SSCR372) |
RELATING TO SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii 3R's school repair and maintenance program and the Hawaii 3R's coordinator position for each year of the fiscal biennium.
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1146 SD1 (SSCR285) |
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the Senator Hiram L. Fong and the Oren E. Long scholarship programs and endowment trusts that shall be administered by the University of Hawaii. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1149 SD1 (SSCR445) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii educational policy center to work with the department of education and other educational research organizations to develop alternative assessment tools, including a comprehensive "growth model". (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1152 SD1 (SSCR239) |
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 childhood education learning facilities over closing or consolidating school facilities. (SD1
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1154 SD1 (SSCR537) |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Enacts a new part in chapter 304A, University of Hawaii, to provide for facilities improvement and university development; repeals existing University of Hawaii facilities improvement and university development law. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1156 SD1 (SSCR244) |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the B Plus scholarship program for fiscal years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 and changes the program's eligibility criteria. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1214 (SSCR446) |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR LE JARDIN ACADEMY. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Le Jardin Academy for the construction, improvement, and equipping of its educational facilities.
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1267 SD1 (SSCR331) |
RELATING TO MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. Appropriates unspecified amount to purchase mathematics textbooks and other mathematics learning materials; professional development for teachers of mathematics, mathematics coaching, and the use of assessments to provide appropriate mathematics interventions for individual students; and for mathematics coaches and their training. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1614 (SSCR462) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to implement a new human resource management model for Waianae High School and its feeder schools to improve teacher recruitment and licensing.
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1820 (SSCR449) |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Authorizes the department of education to enter into financing agreements without the approval of the director of budget and finance or the comptroller and creates a separate account within the state education facilities improvement special fund to be called the lease payments for schools account.
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1931 SD1 (SSCR238) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes an educational workforce working group to report to the legislature and appropriates funds therefor. Requires the department of education to create a five-year plan to ensure optimal use of technology for administration, data collection, and data sharing related to educational and workforce needs, and to create personalized student learning plans that will have a direct link to economic and workforce needs. Requires the university to report on current workforce development programs and plans for current and future workforce demands. Appropriates funds for workforce development liaisons and support staff. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1932 SD1 (SSCR122) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for the department of education's repair and maintenance projects and authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and general revenues for the University of Hawaii's repair and maintenance projects. Provides public land and facilities for early childhood education programs. Appropriates funds for early childhood education facilities. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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SB 1933 SD1 (SSCR463) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides for academic and fiscal accountability in education by addressing: (1) funding for fiscal and academic accountability and the creation of district level business and educational services centers; (2) appropriates funds for specialized high schools linked to Hawaii's workforce development needs; (3) enhancing the role of the college of education and the University of Hawaii in Hawaii's educational research and policy development; and (4) creating an early education initiative designed to attract and retain more early education teachers and to provide public land and facilities for early education programs. Appropriates funds for mathematics textbooks and other mathematics learning materials, professional development for teachers of mathematics, mathematics coaching, and the use of assessments to provide appropriate mathematics interventions for individual students. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
ONLY WRITTEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED,
NO ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Persons wishing to submit written comments should include the following information on your comments:
name, title, organization, contact information, position on the bill (support, oppose, or comments),
the decision-making date/time/room number, bill number, title, and committee to which your comments should be referred. Please submit your comments on 8-1/2 x 11-inch paper (one-sided printing) with 1-inch margins.
Submit comments in person, by fax, or by e-mail 24 hours prior to the decision-making.
a. In person:
b. By Fax: Comments may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands). Please indicate that 25 copies are needed.
c. By E-mail: Comments may also be e-mailed if less than 5 pages in length, to: testimony@capitol.hawaii.gov (the Public Access Room, phone 587-0478). Please indicate that 25 copies are needed. Please note that the Senator's office will not accept e-mail comments.
Comments received after 4:30 p.m. the day before the decision-making will be stamped “LATE.”
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6800.
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________________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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