REPORT TITLE:
DOE


DESCRIPTION:
Creates computerized student tracking system.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§302A-    Education placement information program.  (a)
 
 5 The department shall develop and maintain a continuing program of
 
 6 information management named the "education placement information
 
 7 program," the purpose of which is to compile, maintain, and
 
 8 disseminate information concerning the educational histories,
 
 9 placement, and employment, in the University of Hawaii of all
 
10 former students in the state public school system.
 
11      (b)  The department shall implement an automated system
 
12 which matches the social security numbers of former students in
 
13 the state public school system with information in the files of
 
14 the University of Hawaii.
 
15      (c)  The education placement information program must not
 
16 make public any information that could identify an individual and
 
17 shall treat any information held by the program as undisclosable
 
18 records under section 92F-13.  The department must assure that
 
19 the purpose of obtaining placement information is to evaluate and
 

 
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 1 improve public programs or to conduct research for the purpose of
 
 2 improving services to the individuals whose social security
 
 3 numbers are used to identify their placement at the University of
 
 4 Hawaii.
 
 5      (d)  The education placement information program may perform
 
 6 longitudinal analyses for all levels of education from the
 
 7 elementary to the post-secondary.
 
 8      (e)  The department may use all relevant variables to track
 
 9 former state public school students at the University of Hawaii."
 
10      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
11 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so
 
12 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, for
 
13 the department of education for purposes of this Act.  The sum
 
14 appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for
 
15 the purposes of this Act.
 
16      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
17      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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