THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

     MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1999


          COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
                        1:30 p.m.
                   Conference Room 212

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
            (Deferred from February 10, 1999)


SB 183        RELATING TO EDUCATION                                 EDU,WAM
           Enacts student initiatives in  the areas of teacher
           evaluation;  school   facilities;   a  departmental
           safety  office;  college/career  counselors; school
           improvement  plans;   school  security  attendants;
           athletic equipment; computers, education materials,
           and   furniture;   curriculum;   and  co-curricular
           concerns.
                                      (CHUN OAKLAND, CHUMBLEY)

SB 185        RELATING TO EDUCATION                                 EDU,WAM
           Establishes the Hawaii  state student council, with
           student  representatives   from  each  departmental
           school district; requires the council to conduct an
           annual  conference   of   secondary  students;  and
           requires the council to determine whether to select
           the student member of the BOE or to run an election
           to select the individual.
                                      (CHUN OAKLAND, CHUMBLEY)

SB 669        RELATING TO EDUCATION                                 EDU,WAM
           Allows the  Board  of  Education  to  hire  its own
           attorneys  for   issues  involving  developmentally
           disabled children.                       (KAWAMOTO)

SB 97         RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC              EDU,WAM
           SCHOOL STUDENTS
           Requires the  department  of  education  to provide
           suitable transportation for  students: (1) in rural
           areas without  public  transportation  so  that the
           students may  participate  in sanctioned, organized
           extra-curricular school activities;  and (2) to and
           from school, and for educational field trips.
                                                       (LEVIN)

SB 1250       RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES                              EDU,WAM
           Permits   the   use   of   tour   buses   for   the
           transportation of student groups.          (D. IGE)

 
SB 1530       RELATING TO EDUCATION                                 EDU,WAM
           Requires DOE to  provide transportation for school-
           wide events  to  "off  track"  students  who attend
           multi-track schools.                        (IWASE)

SB 41         RELATING TO TEACHERS                                 EDU, WAM
           Repeals sunset  date  for  Hawaii teacher standards
           board and the  law  providing  for  the issuance of
           certificates to teachers  who  are  not required to
           obtain a  license  or  credential  from the teacher
           standards board; provides  staggered  terms for new
           members                                 (MIZUGUCHI)

SB 954        RELATING TO EDUCATION                                EDU, WAM
           Requires the department  of  education  to adopt an
           extraordinary performance  pay  plan for elementary
           and   secondary   public    school   teachers   who
           demonstrate exemplary  teaching  performance in the
           classroom.  Appropriates funds.              (SLOM)

SB 985        RELATING TO TEACHERS IN RURAL AREAS                  EDU, WAM
           Exempts  long  term  substitute  teachers  in rural
           areas from the  teacher  standards  board rule that
           limits their term to 90 days
                                                   (BUEN, B/R)

SB 1259       RELATING TO HIRING RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT
           OF EDUCATION                                         EDU, WAM
           Allows DOE to  hire  retired  police  officers on a
           contract basis so  as  not  to  impair any existing
           retirement benefits                     (TANIGUCHI)

SB 1586       RELATING TO EDUCATION                                EDU, WAM
           Sets coaches' salaries  and  requires budgeting for
           athletics when budgeting for new schools   (D. IGE)

SB 1632       RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS                   EDU, WAM
           Makes  DOE  responsible  for  the  recruitment  and
           examination  functions   of  employing  educational
           assistance                                    (TAM)

SB 179        RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF PHYSICAL AND           EDU, WAM
           SEXUAL VIOLENCE
           Establishes   a   3-year,   school-based   violence
           prevention integration  pilot  project to implement
           integrated school-based violence prevention program
           sin 5 selected public school complexes.  
                                      (CHUN OAKLAND, CHUMBLEY)


SB 533        RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSESSMENTS              EDU, WAM
           Requires the  department  of  education  to perform
           psychological and  physiological  assessment  of 3-

 
           year old children,  and  to  provide assistance and
           advice to parents in meeting their responsibilities 
                                                      (D. IGE)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SB 869         RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDU, WAM
           Requires department of education to set appropriate
           teacher and  counselor  to  student  ratios, and to
           adjust staffing at schools with disproportionate at
           risk students                        (CHUN OAKLAND)

SB 1187       RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS                             EDU, JDC
           Establishes  cause  of  action  for  discriminatory
           harassment of  public  school  students; authorizes
           the Hawaii  civil  rights  commission  to represent
           public   school   student   sin   actions  alleging
           discriminatory harassment     (MATSUNAGA, CHUMBLEY)

SB 506        RELATING TO EDUCATION                                EDU, WAM
           Establishes a school choice  program for the public
           school system                                (SLOM)

SB 552        RELATING TO EDUCATION                                EDU, WAM
           Requires the DOE to  adopt  rules to define what it
           means for a student  to  "attend either a public or
           private  school,"  with  respect  to  students  who
           attend private sectarian  and nonsectarian schools,
           for  the  purposes  of  determining  the  student's
           compliance with the compulsory attendance law.
                                                 (D. IGE, B/R)

SB 871        RELATING TO EDUCATION                                EDU, WAM
           Lowers the compulsory education age from 6 years to
           5   years,   making   attendance   in  kindergarten
           mandatory.    Requires  the  BOE  to  organize  and
           conduct  a   program   of  public  pre-kindergarten
           education to the extent  that federal funds are, or
           from   time   to   time   may   become,  available.
           Appropriates funds.
                                         (CHUN OAKLAND, KANNO)

SB 964        RELATING TO COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE             EDU, WAM
           Lowers the compulsory school attendance age from 18
           years to 16 years.   Repeals the requirement that a
           child have  an  alternative  education  plan before
           being excluded from  school for disruptive behavior
           or chronic truancy.   Makes  attendance at a public
           school after 16  years  of  age  a privilege rather
           than a right.                            (SAKAMOTO)

SB 203        RELATING TO HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT               EDU, WAM
           Gives financial institutions a franchise tax credit
           for loans or  investments  made  to high technology
           businesses.                                (NAKATA)


 
 
 
SB 536        RELATING TO COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS       EDU, WAM
           Allows state agency heads  to purchase computer and
           communication systems with  proceeds  from the sale
           of general obligation bonds.               (D. IGE)

SB 1251       RELATING TO EDUCATION                                EDU, WAM
           Sets  aside  interest  earned  by  the  educational
           facilities  improvement  special  fund  to  be used
           solely for education  technology; gives legislature
           sole authority to authorize projects (D.       IGE,
           FUKUNAGA)

SB 1433       RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY                   EDU, WAM
           Creates  an  information  technology  special fund,
           into which shall  be  transferred  1%  of all state
           fund appropriations  for  capital improvements, and
           will  be  expended  solely   for  the  purposes  of
           acquiring, installing,  and maintaining information
           technologies (D. IGE, FUKUNAGA, LEVIN)


                   No testimony will be accepted.


For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-6230.