THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
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Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair |
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Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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1:25 PM |
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Auditorium State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. Requires the Department of Education to devise four bell schedules each for elementary, middle, and high schools, except for charter schools and public multi-track schools. Repeals the general requirement that all public schools except charter schools and multi-track public schools include one thousand eighty student instructional hours for the 2016-2018 school years. (HB2007 HD1)
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE ON CHEERLEADING TO DETERMINE IF CHEERLEADING SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND BOARD OF EDUCATION TO INSTITUTE A GREEN HAWAII PROGRAM WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
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REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, TO EXAMINE LOCAL AND NATIONAL MODELS OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS AND RECOMMEND ANY NEW GUIDELINES TO INCREASE INTERNET ACCESS TO ALLOW THE RESPONSIBLE AND POSITIVE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM, WHILE ENSURING NECESSARY PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT ABUSE.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Jill Tokuda Chair |
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