HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2077
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 302A-1134, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  [No child who is seventeen years of age or over shall be admitted to the ninth grade of a public four-year high school, and no child who is eighteen years of age or over shall be admitted to the tenth grade of a public senior high school, except upon the written permission of the superintendent when in the superintendent's opinion the facts warrant admission.]  No person who is twenty years of age or over on the first instructional day of the school year shall be eligible to attend a public school.  If a person reaches twenty years of age after the first instructional day of the school year, the person shall be eligible to attend public school for the full school year."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Department of Education; High School Student Age Limits

Description:

Changes the age limit for high school admission to up to but not including twenty years of age; provided that if a person reaches twenty years of age after the first instructional day of the school year, that person shall be eligible to attend for the full school year.  Takes effect 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

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