REPORT TITLE:
Teacher Education Programs


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for the teacher certification programs on
Kauai and in Maui county.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TEACHER EDUCATION.


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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that a continuing shortage
 
 2 of qualified teachers in the critical areas of math, science,
 
 3 special education, career and technical education, and counselor
 
 4 education requires legislative action.  On Kauai, this shortage
 
 5 is more acute due to factors such as geographic isolation, travel
 
 6 distances, and the scarcity of affordable housing.  This has
 
 7 discouraged many teacher graduates from the University of
 
 8 Hawaii's Manoa and Hilo campuses, as well as many from other
 
 9 states, from relocating to Kauai to fill available teacher
 
10 positions.  Additionally, the teacher shortage in Maui county is
 
11 reaching critical levels, as it faces factors similar to those of
 
12 Kauai.
 
13      The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for teacher
 
14 education programs on Kauai and in Maui county.  This will allow
 
15 the University of Hawaii to offer a complete teacher
 
16 certification program to these islands' residents who are either
 
17 employed full-time, have families to care for, or are otherwise
 
18 unable to transfer to the University of Hawaii-Manoa to complete
 
19 the necessary requirements.
 
20      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 

 
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 1 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2 or so much thereof
 
 2 as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 for teacher
 
 3 education and graduate level outreach programs on the island of
 
 4 Kauai.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 6 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2 or so much thereof
 
 7 as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 for teacher
 
 8 education and graduate level outreach programs for Maui county.
 
 9      SECTION 4.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
10 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 
11      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.