THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Jill Tokuda, Chair
Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011

DATE:	Friday, February 11, 2011
TIME:	1:15 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB1487 Testimony Status	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to close and consolidate certain schools within two years of notification; provided that a school may remain open if it meets certain requirements.	EDU, WAM
SB1521 Testimony Status	RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Allows UH to use staff of DLNR for security for coconut island.  Exempts Hawaii marine laboratory refuge from obtaining permits for repair and maintenance of facilities on coconut island.	EDU/WLH, WAM [Measure added on 2/9/2011]
SB1382 Testimony Status	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Directs the legislative reference bureau to examine the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and regulations pursuant to that Act, make recommendations to ensure the State's compliance with provisions relating to the state authorization of institutions that offer educational programs beyond secondary education, and make recommendations as to whether existing functions relating to the licensing or authorization of any educational institutions in the State, and administrators and instructors thereof, should be consolidated and tasked to one state agency that would be responsible for the licensing and authorization of all educational institutions in the State and their related operations.	EDU, WAM [Measure added on 2/9/2011]
SB776 Testimony Status	RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Establishes a task force to identify barriers that Hawaii businesses and university professors face in developing entrepreneurial business models in biotechnology, and to recommend specific actions to address these barriers; requires report to the 2012 legislature.	EDT/EDU, WAM [Measure added on 2/9/2011]

No testimony will be accepted.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-587-7215.