THE SENATE
THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair
Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019

DATE:

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB1523 HD1
(HSCR1040)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET.
Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Education and certain programs of the Department of Accounting and General Services for programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.  (HB1523 HD1)

EDU, WAM

HB1524 HD1
(HSCR1041)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET.
Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget Department of Education programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.  (HB1524 HD1)

EDU, WAM

HB1525 HD1
(HSCR1042)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM BUDGET.
Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Hawaii State Public Library System.  (HB1525 HD1)

EDU, WAM

HB1526 HD1
(HSCR1043)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS BUDGET.
Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget for Department of Education programs relating to charter schools under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.  (HB1526 HD1)

EDU, WAM

HB1527 HD2
(HSCR1265)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING BUDGET.
Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Education's Executive Office on Early Learning program under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.  (HB1527 HD2)

EDU, WAM

HB413 HD2
(HSCR1215)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION INNOVATION GRANTS.
Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Program to support school-level innovation.  Authorizes the Board of Education to adopt guiding principles and measures of success for the Grants Program and the Department of Education to implement the Grants Program.  Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Special Fund.  Makes appropriations.  (HB413 HD2)

EDU, WAM
[Measure added on 3/15/2019]

HB1276 HD1
(HSCR870)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a four-year pilot program within one complex area.  Authorizes best practices for the pilot program.  Appropriates funds.  (HB1276 HD1)

EDU, WAM
[Measure added on 3/15/2019]

HB407 HD1
(HSCR1095)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Grants the Board of Education the authority to appoint complex area superintendents for schools.  (HB407 HD1)

EDU, WAM
[Measure added on 3/15/2019]

HB921 HD2
(HSCR1221)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Clearly establishes the Executive Office on Early Learning as the administrative authority for State-funded prekindergarten programs, except for special education and Title I-funded prekindergarten programs.  Requires the Department of Education in its implementation of Title I-funded prekindergarten classrooms to adhere to certain quality standards and work with the Executive Office on Early Learning.  Defines the roles and responsibilities of the Executive Office on Early Learning and Department of Education as they relate to the Executive Office on Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program.  (HB921 HD2)

EDU, WAM
[Measure added on 3/15/2019]

HB318 HD1
(HSCR1093)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to convene a Staggered School Start Times Task Force to study and evaluate the issues and implications of instituting a staggered school start times program, including effects on school bus schedules.  Requires a report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.  (HB318 HD1)

EDU, WAM
[Measure added on 3/15/2019]

No testimony will be accepted.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7100.