THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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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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Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
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1:15 PM |
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Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Authorizes the Hawaii public housing authority to assess all the units in a state public housing project for common area expenses. Eliminates most procedural requirements to hearings for eviction of tenants from public housing but requires written notice per federal law. Requires evictions from state low-income housing to be conducted by hearings officers appointed by the authority. Clarifies that for federal low‑income housing, hearings shall be conducted by eviction board. Authorizes an eviction board or hearings officer to consider a tenant's involvement in the tenant's child's school in making a determination. Prohibits the authority from selling any land developed for any public housing project.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Amends criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities; excludes an invited guest.
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RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING. Establishes a program for granting low-income housing tax credit loans in lieu of low-income housing tax credits administered by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the loans.
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AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INFUSION INTO THE RENTAL HOUSING TRUST FUND. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and makes an appropriation for infusion into the rental housing trust fund.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to assist homeowners in obtaining mortgage and home repair loans by re-activate the Hula Mae Single Family Program.
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KAIMUKI CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Kaimuki Christian School.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates a portion of the department of education's annual operating budget to support Teach For America in Hawaii to train, sustain, and prepare outstanding college graduates in order to become teachers in the Hawaii department of education.
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RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. Allows home-schooled students to participate on an equal basis in extracurricular activities offered at the public school they would otherwise be required to attend.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a voluntary career mentoring program in the department of education to provide high school students with contact information for retirees who volunteer to share experience and knowledge about potential careers.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Requires the Department of Education to provide suitable transportation to and from school and for educational field trips for all children in grades kindergarten to twelve and in special education classes.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends law to require that children who are at least 5 years of age on or before August 1 of the school year attend a public school kindergarten.
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RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING COUNCIL. Allows the early learning council to conduct meetings by teleconference. Sets out quorum requirements and public notice and participation requirements for teleconference meetings.
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RELATING TO EARLY EDUCATION. Establishes a pilot program making junior kindergarten and kindergarten attendance mandatory in one public school complex on each island. Requires DOE to report to legislature. Sunsets 5/31/2013.
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET. Directs the department of education to enter into a financing agreement for the planning and design of the Royal Kunia Elementary School II using certificates of participation.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals the school-level minor repair and maintenance account.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund department of education repair and maintenance projects (part I). Provides a temporary exemption from procurement laws to the department of education in order to expedite repair and maintenance capital improvement projects (part II).
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a two-year pilot project within a designated complex area, authorizing the complex area superintendent to reallocate resources within the schools in the complex area to achieve greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Requires interim and final reports to the legislature.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDS. Allows the Department of Education to reprioritize and redistribute certain funds for purposes of restructuring.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Authorizes the department of education to make rules governing traffic and parking conditions on roadways and other areas under the jurisdiction of the department, including rules for the assessment of parking fees. Establishes the department of education parking revolving fund. Provides that parking fees collected by the school principal or designee shall be deposited to the credit of the school's nonappropriated local school fund account.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Removes unnecessary restrictions on the use of food distribution program revolving funds. Allows the use of food distribution program revolving funds to support the administration and operation of the food distribution program pursuant to 7 Code of Federal Regulations section 250.15.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends the Educational Accountability System to include additional requirements for the Department of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Board of Education. Establishes a school grading system based on certain criteria as well as a report card system to be furnished to parents. Requires the establishment of a longitudinal data collection system.
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RELATING TO SALARIES. Repeals the salary caps of the superintendent, state librarian, and other state and complex area leadership positions specified under section 302A-621, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends salary caps for the superintendent of education, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents, and complex area superintendents. Takes effect July 1, 2011.
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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:
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· 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8585.
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________________________________________ Senator Norman Sakamoto Chair |
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