REPORT TITLE:
Hawaiian Language Immersion


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds relating to the Hawaiian language immersion
program.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.1288       
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The director of finance is authorized to issue
 
 2 general obligation bonds in the sum of $1 or so much thereof as
 
 3 may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be
 
 4 necessary is appropriated for fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-
 
 5 2001 for the construction of classroom space at Princess
 
 6 Nahienaena Elementary School located in Lahaina, Maui, to
 
 7 accommodate the expansion of the Hawaiian language immersion
 
 8 program at this elementary school.
 
 9      SECTION 2.  The following sums or so much thereof as may be
 
10 necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000 and fiscal year 2000-2001 are
 
11 appropriated from moneys in the treasury received from general
 
12 revenues and special funds of the State of Hawaii to finance the
 
13 following projects at Princess Nahienaena Elementary School
 
14 located in Lahaina, Maui.  The letter symbols used after the
 
15 specific appropriations indicate the source of financing and have
 
16 the following meaning: (A) general revenue funds, (B) special
 

 
 
 
 
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 1 funds.
 
 2                                   FY 1999-000   FY 2000-2001
 
 3 (1)  Purchase of the necessary        $1A            $1A
 
 4      classroom supplies,              $1B            $1B
 
 5      including furniture, for the
 
 6      Hawaiian language immersion
 
 7      program
 
 8 (2)  Purchase of the necessary        $1A            $1A
 
 9      curriculum for the               $1B            $1B
 
10      Hawaiian language immersion
 
11      program
 
12 (3)  Employment of as many            $1A            $1A
 
13      teachers as deemed               $1B            $1B
 
14      necessary by the program to
 
15      meet the requirements of the
 
16      Hawaiian language immersion
 
17      program
 
18      SECTION 3.  The appropriations made for capital improvement
 
19 projects authorized in this Act shall not lapse at the end of the
 
20 fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided
 
21 that all appropriations which are unencumbered as of June 30,
 
22 2002, shall lapse as of that date.
 

 
 
 
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 1      SECTION 4.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 2 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 
 3      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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 5                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________