THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
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Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair |
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Senator Kaiali‘i Kahele, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 10, 2017 |
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2:45pm |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a STEM educator scholarship program to be administered by DOE to address the shortage of STEM teachers in secondary schools in Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the program for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 fiscal years.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Allows, in cases where the Department of Education directly expends its own funds for disaster relief to be directly credited with any federal disaster relief reimbursement. Clarifies that the Department of Education may carry over funds received as disaster relief appropriation or reimbursement.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT. Requires the department of education to set a standard for retention of student records of not less than one hundred years. Allows the department of education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project.
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EDU, WAM/JDL |
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Exempts extracurricular service of employees from the state ethics code if certain conditions are met. Defines detached remuneration and extracurricular service.
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EDU, JDL |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the vocational education out-of-school program. Establishes the vocational education program special fund. Makes an appropriation.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO STUDENT MEALS. Prohibits denying a student a meal for the first: (1) 30 days of the first semester of a school year while the student's application for free or reduced lunch is being processed; or (2) week that the student's meal fund balance is zero or negative. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt rules or policies on the collection of funds for negative student meal balances.
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGY. Establishes licensure and registration requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology. Amends the composition of the board to include two school psychologists.
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EDU, CPH |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Requires the board of education to establish a process whereby the public may petition the board to add items to the agenda of the next meeting.
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EDU |
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Prohibits persons from interfering with or disrupting the orderly operation, safety, or peaceful conduct of a school or school-related activity.
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EDU, JDL |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Michelle N. Kidani Chair |
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