THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HOUSING |
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Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair |
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Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
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2:30 pm |
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Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO TEACHERS. Appropriates funds to school complex areas for academic coaches, professional development, and teacher retention.
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EDH, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the board of education to develop a minimum staffing formula for off-ratio positions in certain schools.
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EDH, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to expand transition programs for military-impacted schools in the State and to hire necessary personnel to coordinate the transition programs.
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EDH, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the general excise tax to fund public education; exempts groceries, certain medical expenses, and a portion of rent from the general excise tax; establishes a state earned income tax credit; establishes a tax credit for volunteer services performed in public schools; increases the standard deduction; establishes an education funding commission to provide oversight for general excise tax revenues deposited into the newly created education special fund.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist not-for-profit organizations that support charter schools.
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EDH, WAM/JGO |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to not-for-profit organizations that support charter schools.
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EDH, WAM |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the board of education to remove for cause a member of the charter school review panel; requires a charter school to comply with board and department of education policies and directives; deletes the requirement that the board adopt rules for placing a charter school on probation or revoking a charter.
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Repeals the charter schools funding formula for two years and creates a new funding formula to be enacted on July 1, 2011. Makes a general revenue appropriation for charter schools for FY 2009-2010 and FY 2010-2011. Revises the duties of the Charter School Review Panel.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to consider making public school facilities available to charter schools, when public schools are closed.
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EDH, WAM |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Clarifies the functions, duties, and roles of the charter school review panel in the administration and operation of charter schools, and improves fiscal and budgetary accountability.
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EDH |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Clarifies civil service status of employees at 2 conversion charter schools, Waialae and Lanikai elementary schools.
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EDH, LBR
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Proposed SD1: Clarifies the transfer of responsibility for repair and maintenance of equipment and fixtures in school facilities from the department of accounting and general services to the department of education; provides a temporary exemption from chapter 103 and 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the department of education in order to expedite repair and maintenance capital improvement projects.
Please submit testimony on the proposed SD1
SB 145 Proposed SD1 is posted on the State Legislature's website at www.capitol.hawaii.gov and printed copies may be requested from the Senate Document Center, Room 012, Chamber Level.
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EDH, WAM
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES: If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at EDHTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.
· By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
· In person: 1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 230, State Capitol.
· By fax: Testimony may 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 which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:30 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.
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 586-6842.
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________________________________________ Senator Norman Sakamoto Chair |
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