Report Title:

Education; Hawaii P-20 Initiative; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates $50,000, in each year of the fiscal biennium to the P-20 Initiative for the initiation and development of plans for education in Hawaii in the new century.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	688
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

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

     SECTION l.  The legislature finds that envisioning and planning for Hawaii in the new century is complex and multifaceted.  The education of the citizenry, including early childhood through K-12 schooling to college and career and work force training, has and will always be of critical importance.  The legislature believes that the vision and plans for education and schools at mid-century cannot be initiated too early.  The Hawaii P-20 Initiative is a consortium of public and private educators, governmental officials, and community leaders working together to improve learner achievement in Hawaii.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide the impetus for developing the vision and plans for education in Hawaii for the coming century by funding the Hawaii P-20 Initiative to develop and initiate plans for education in Hawaii in the new century.  SECTION 2.  The Council of Hawaii P-20 Initiative shall develop and initiate plans for education in Hawaii in the new century, including identifying contributors and planners, creating a vision, goals, objectives and timelines, and organizing meetings and electronic communication.  The general goals of the effort will be to ensure an engaged, responsible, and productive citizenry in Hawaii in the new century that is the expected result of an education system and schools that are coordinated and articulated from earliest teaching to career and work force preparation and to promote lifelong learning.

     SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009, to the Hawaii P-20 Initiative for the initiation and development of plans for education in Hawaii in the new century.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii P-20 Initiative Council for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 4.  The Council of the Hawaii P-20 Initiative shall prepare progress reports for the legislature no later than the last day of each calendar year for which it is funded by this and future Acts.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

INTRODUCED BY:

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