| Measure Title: | RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
| Report Title: | Education; Kindergarten Entrance Age |
| Description: | Requires that for the 2006-2007 school year, kindergarten students shall be at least five years of age before October 1 of the school year. Requires that for the 2007-2008 school year, kindergarten students shall be at least five-years-of-age before July 1 of the school year. Provides that beginning July 1, 2008, the funds saved through this bill shall be used for the Pre Plus and Open Doors programs. Requires the Department of Education, Department of Human Services, the Good Beginnings Alliance, and the Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children to submit a report to the legislature prior to the regular sessions of 2007 and 2008. (SB2032 HD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | SAKAMOTO, MATSUURA, Chun Oakland, Kawamoto, Chun, Tam, Slom, Hemmings, Hanabusa |
| Current Referral: | EDN, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/16/2002 | S | Prefiled. |
| 1/16/2002 | S | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 1/23/2002 | S | Referred to EDU, WAM. |
| 1/25/2002 | S | Bill scheduled to be heard by EDU on 01-30-02 at 1:00 pm in conference room 212. |
| 1/30/2002 | S | The measure is deferred until 02-01-02 at 1:00 pm in conference room 212. |
| 2/1/2002 | S | The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. |
| 2/1/2002 | S | The votes in EDU were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Sakamoto, Chun Oakland, Hogue; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Chumbley, English, Ige, Kawamoto ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Matsunaga, Menor, Tam. |
| 2/15/2002 | S | Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2222) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 2/19/2002 | S | Notice of public decision making by WAM on 02-22-02 at 9:00 am in conference room 211. |
| 2/22/2002 | S | The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| 2/23/2002 | S | Notice of public decision making by WAM on 02-26-02 at 1:00 pm in conference room 211. |
| 2/26/2002 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. |
| 2/26/2002 | S | The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Hanabusa, Buen, Chun, Kokubun; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) English, Ige, Hemmings, Slom ; 0 No(es): none; and 6 Excused: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Inouye, Kawamoto, Kim, Sakamoto, Tam. |
| 3/1/2002 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2699) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 3/1/2002 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-02. |
| 3/5/2002 | S | Separated Committee Report. |
| 3/5/2002 | S | Report filed. |
| 3/5/2002 | S | Floor Amendment No. 2 offered. |
| 3/5/2002 | S | Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 3). |
| 3/5/2002 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-02. |
| 3/7/2002 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Kanno). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/7/2002 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 391) in amended form (SD 3). |
| 3/8/2002 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/12/2002 | H | Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 23 |
| 3/19/2002 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 03-21-02 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 329. |
| 3/21/2002 | H | The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ito, Takai, Abinsay, Arakaki, Garcia, Hale, Schatz, Halford, Ontai; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Kahikina, Takumi, Bukoski, McDermott, Stonebraker. |
| 3/22/2002 | H | Reported from the committee on EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 888-02) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 3/22/2002 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Representative(s) Hale, Pendleton, Rath, Takamine, Yoshinaga excused. |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment