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 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011

DATE:	Monday, February 14, 2011
TIME:	1:15 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB1104 Testimony Status	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Segregates teachers from all other employees for determination of employer normal cost, accrued liability contributions, and annual contributions by the State and counties to the employees' retirement system.	PGM/EDU, JDL
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 2/11/2011]
SB86 Testimony Status	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires children who are not attending a private school or kindergarten and who are at least 5 years of age on August 1 of the school year to attend a public school kindergarten.	EDU, WAM [Measure added on 2/11/2011]
SB1384 Testimony Status	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Makes attendance in kindergarten mandatory and lowers the compulsory education age from six to five years old.  Requires children who are home-schooled or enrolled in alternative school programs for kindergarten to pass a standardized test approved by the Board of Education prior to entering first grade in a public school.	EDU, WAM [Measure added on 2/11/2011]

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.