THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair

Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, February 4, 2019

TIME:

2:45pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 171

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Creates a county education task force to establish a process for the transfer of jurisdiction over all public schools, including all state public education functions and funding, from the state to the county in which the public school is located, provided that the county has a population greater than five hundred thousand.

 

EDU/PSM, WAM

SB 587

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires that the Board of Education hold at least two community meetings each year in each county to receive public input on public education and public library issues.  Removes restriction on community meetings to allow the meetings to be held for the purpose of formulating educational policy.

 

EDU/PSM, WAM

 

 

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 Clarence K. Nishihara

Chair

 

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Senator Michelle N. Kidani

Chair