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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
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.  The legislature finds that it is critical to
 
 2 provide all public school students with safe school environments.
 
 3 Consequently, the legislature has supported the schools through
 
 4 the adoption of acts which allow the long-term exclusion from
 
 5 school of students who commit serious offenses.  Schools,
 
 6 however, need additional options and mechanisms to readily remove
 
 7 from campus students who impede the learning process from
 
 8 occurring in a safe and orderly environment.  At the same time,
 
 9 the Department of Education recognizes its obligation to provide
 
10 these students with substitute educational activities.
 
11      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
12 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $90,000, or so much
 
13 thereof as may be necessary, to fund initial private provider
 
14 contracts to establish alternative education options in nine
 
15 sites across the state for students who are expelled, suspended
 
16 or whose presence on campus has been determined to be a
 
17 disruption or detriment to the educational process.  Placement of
 
18 students in these alternative education options shall be at the
 
19 principal's discretion.  Each school placing students in these
 

 
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 1 alternative options shall pay the pro-rated, statewide per pupil
 
 2 expenditure for average daily attendance for each student
 
 3 enrolled.
 
 4      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 5 Department of Education for the purposes of this Act.  The
 
 6 Department shall use funds to contract private provider(s) for
 
 7 the purposes of this Act.
 
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 9                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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