THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2001
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION |
Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair |
Senator Avery B. Chumbley, Vice Chair |
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MILITARY AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
Senator Cal Kawamoto, Chair |
Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING
DATE: |
Friday, February 02, 2001 |
TIME: |
1:00 PM |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 212 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
TMG/EDU ONLY
SB 843 |
RELATING TO BICYCLE EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to conduct bicycle education classes for fourth grade students in Hawaii. |
TMG/EDU, WAM |
B 5S33 |
relating to education. Organizes a statewide task force of military personnel and civilians to improve school relations and curriculum correlations between the military and the department of education. |
TMG/EDU |
SB 506 |
relating to school repair and maintenance. Requires the legislature, beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, to allocate all moneys appropriated for physical plant operations and maintenance (AGS 807), including moneys for personal services, to the schools on the basis of their respective enrollments. |
TMG/EDU, WAM |
EDU ONLY |
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SB 127 |
Making an appropriation for the improvement and maintenance of student lavatories in all hawaii public schools. Appropriates funds to the DOE for fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 for the improvement and maintenance of student lavatories in all Hawaii public schools. |
EDU, WAM |
SB 1211 |
RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. |
EDU, WAM |
Creates a Hawaii School Repair and Maintenance |
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Revolving Fund. |
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SB 215 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. Appropriates $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001-2002, and the same sum for fiscal year 2002-2003, from the general fund to be expended by the department of education for public school repair and maintenance projects. |
EDU, WAM |
SB 148 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates out of, and expands from, the state educational facilities improvement special fund the sum of $5,000,000, for each fiscal year until 6/30/2010, to provide public schools with their necessary technology infrastructure. |
EDU, WAM |
SB 507 |
relating to schools. Requires each departmental school district to be staffed by a buildings and facilities administrator. Requires the administrator to work with DAGS and qualified contractors to secure bids to repair public schools. Allows the administrators to be selected from DAGS or from the private sector. |
EDU, WAM |
SB 479 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Requires the department of education to plan for and request appropriations necessary to provide air conditioning in every public school classroom statewide by the year 2006. Removes departmental discretion to have private entity pay provisionally for electricity and maintenance where installations were not done by the department of accounting and general services. |
EDU, WAM |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.
Persons wishing to testify should submit 35 copies of their testimony for the
JOINT TMG/EDU HEARING and 25 copies for the EDU ONLY to the committee clerk, Room 213, State Capitol 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6729.
________________________________________ Senator Cal Kawamoto Chair |
________________________________________ Senator Norman Sakamoto Chair |