HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Rep. Roy M. Takumi, Chair

Rep. Lyla B. Berg, Ph.D., Vice Chair

 

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. K. Mark Takai

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine

Rep. Jerry L. Chang

Rep. Glenn Wakai

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching

Rep. Scott K. Saiki

Rep. Lynn Finnegan

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro

 

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro, Chair

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. K. Mark Takai

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Karen Leinani Awana

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

Rep. John Mizuno

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 1, 2007

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 599

RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.

Establishes an affordable housing program for public school teachers and a second mortgage revolving fund.  Appropriates funds for: (1) the repair and maintenance of teacher housing; and (2) second mortgage loans for public school teachers.  Provides for a report on the effectiveness of housing availability in increasing teacher recruitment.

 

EDN/HSH, FIN

HB 955

RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.

Creates an affordable housing program for active full-time public school teachers to purchase an interest in residential properties.

 

EDN/HSH, FIN

HB 414

PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the student member of the board of education to vote on all matters.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB 564

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level for the purpose of purchasing school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 595

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates moneys to the office of information technology services for the continued implementation of student information systems, student support systems, additional program requirements, and infrastructure enhancements for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB 596

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Decentralizes authority and responsibility to the school level and appropriates funding for each year of the fiscal biennium for arts, physical education and learning materials, business services, and for business managers and trainers.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB 1506

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.

Establishes a new part for determining school impact fees for financing new or expanding existing department of education schools or facilities by utilizing the student generation rates developed in the Ewa case study in establishing a uniform statewide approach for school land dedication of construction impact fee requirements.

 

EDN, WLH, FIN

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

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Rep. Maile Shimabukuro

Chair

 

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Rep. Roy Takumi

Chair