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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to make the early learning public prekindergarten program available to all eligible children by the 2020-2021 school year.
SECTION 2. Section 302L-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The program shall serve children in
the year prior to the year of kindergarten eligibility, with priority extended
to underserved or at-risk children, as defined in section 302L‑1[.];
provided that no later than the 2020-2021 school year, the program shall be available
to all children in the year prior to the year of kindergarten eligibility.
The department of education may grant geographic exceptions for children to
attend prekindergarten outside their assigned service area, as the department
of education deems appropriate; provided that the department of education shall
grant a request for geographic exception to attend a prekindergarten in another
service area if the request is based on the employment location of the parent
or guardian of the student."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
Report Title:
Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program; Availability
Description:
Requires the executive office on early learning to make the public prekindergarten program available to all eligible children no later than the 2020-2021 school year. (SD1
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