REPORT TITLE:
Adult ed. school counselor


DESCRIPTION:
Requires the Department of Education to provide school counselors
for the adult education program.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           1555
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ADULT EDUCATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that school counselors are
 
 2 valuable support staff for educational institutions of all
 
 3 levels.  The programs created and organized by school counselors
 
 4 are designed to help all students develop their educational,
 
 5 social, career, and personal strengths, and to become responsible
 
 6 and productive citizens.
 
 7      The legislature further finds that while Hawaii's adult
 
 8 education program does not currently employ school counselors,
 
 9 the addition of school counselors will greatly aid the adult
 
10 students in maximizing the increased opportunities afforded to
 
11 them by education.
 
12      The purpose of this Act is to require the department of
 
13 education to provide school counselors to the adult education
 
14 program.
 
15      SECTION 2.  Section 302A-432, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
16 amended to read as follows:
 
17      "[[]§302A-432[]]  Adult and community education authorized.
 
18 To provide increased opportunity for the people of Hawaii, the
 
19 department shall establish and regulate a program of adult and
 

 
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 1 community education of less than college grade.  The department
 
 2 shall provide public school buildings and other facilities, and
 
 3 use public school equipment under conditions determined by the
 
 4 department, when the equipment is needed, for adult and community
 
 5 education programs.  The department shall provide a school
 
 6 counselor at each school with an adult education program to
 
 7 assist adult students in making the best use of the program."
 
 8      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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12                              INTRODUCED BY:______________________