REPORT TITLE:
Education


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for computers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.525        
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
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.  Computers have been found to improve the quality
 
 2 of education, as indicated by various studies.  For example, the
 
 3 "Report to the President on the Use of Technology" concludes that
 
 4 "students using computer-based systems outperformed those taught
 
 5 without the use of such systems."  A national study by the Center
 
 6 for Applied Special Technology showed that students with online
 
 7 access yielded better projects than students without such access.
 
 8 A study performed by the Global Strategy Group indicated an
 
 9 increase in student motivation when computers are utilized.  
 
10      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds so that each
 
11 public secondary school has a computer laboratory equipped with
 
12 current technology and staffed so that it is available to
 
13 students not only during the school day, but also before and
 
14 after school hours.  The funds may be used for the purchase of
 
15 computers and related equipment, the renovation of facilities or
 
16 the construction of new facilities, the installation of
 
17 electrical lines, the hiring of staff, and anything else needed
 
18 to make computers more available to secondary students.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 2 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $      or so much
 
 3 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000 and the sum
 
 4 of $      or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
 
 5 2000-2001 so that each public secondary school has at least one
 
 6 computer laboratory.
 
 7      SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 8 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 
 9      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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11                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________