REPORT TITLE:
Education


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds to develop an early childhood development and
education center in the Kalihi area.  (HB512 SD2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Recent studies have found that quality early
 
 2 child care and education services have a dramatic long-term
 
 3 effect on a child's ability to succeed in school, achieve
 
 4 economically, and avoid the criminal justice system.  Early child
 
 5 care also benefits the current work force as well, by affecting
 
 6 economic initiatives, productivity of workers, and the success of
 
 7 state welfare-to-work initiatives.  The legislature finds that it
 
 8 is important to create new opportunities for early childhood
 
 9 development and education.
 
10      The legislature further finds that early childhood
 
11 development and education centers are particularly important in
 
12 low income neighborhoods, serving as a safe and nurturing place
 
13 where parents can meet to talk, volunteer their services, hold
 
14 regular meetings about school activities and curriculum, as well
 
15 as attend classes themselves.
 
16      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to develop
 
17 an early childhood development and education center for infants
 
18 and children up to four years of age in the Kalihi area of
 
19 Honolulu.  In developing this center, the department of education
 

 
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 1 shall draw on the partnerships already developed between
 
 2 Farrington high school, the University of Hawai`i college of
 
 3 education, Honolulu community college, VISTA tutors, partners
 
 4 from the community, private businesses, organizations,
 
 5 foundations, and parents.
 
 6      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 7 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so
 
 8 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to
 
 9 develop an early childhood development and education center for
 
10 infants and children up to four years of age in the Kalihi area
 
11 of Honolulu.
 
12      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
13 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 
14      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.