THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2001
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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION |
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Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair |
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Senator Avery B. Chumbley, Vice Chair |
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COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MILITARY AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
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Senator Cal Kawamoto, Chair |
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Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, January 31, 2001 |
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TIME: |
1:00 PM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 212 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
EDU/TMG
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SB 777 |
relating to the board of education. Establishes a commission to design and recommend a means of electing members of the board of education. |
EDU/TMG, JDC |
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SB 567 |
relating to performance-based budgeting. Requires the DOE to fully institute a performance-based budgeting system beginning with the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium. Sets milestones for the DOE. Expands the purpose of the legislative analyst to include assisting with the evaluation of performance-based budgeting data submitted to the legislature. |
EDU/TMG, WAM |
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SB 818 |
relating to education. Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to develop alternative certification standards to enable military and Coast Guard personnel, veterans, reserve component personnel, and Department of Defense and Department of Energy civilian employees the board deems qualified to become teachers. |
EDU/TMG,WAM |
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SB 806 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. Exempts the acquisition of school facilities by leases from the law relating to the management of financing agreements, provided that notice of such agreements is given to the director of finance. Requires the DOE to enter into a lease agreement for a Kihei high school. |
EDU/TMG,WAM |
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SB 30 |
RELATING TO THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS. Appropriates $40,000 to the DOE for the establishment of a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program at Waiakea high school. |
EDU/TMG, WAM |
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SB 563 |
relating to student transportation. Provides for bus transportation home for students involved in after school extracurricular activities. |
EDU/TMG,WAM |
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TMG/EDU |
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SB 156 |
RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. Requires public and private elementary school children to wear seat belts on school buses. Requires all state contracted school buses to be fitted with seat belts after 12/1/02. Appropriates funds. |
TMG/EDU,WAM |
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EDU ONLY |
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SB 197 |
RELATING TO JUVENILES. Requires the family court to provide written notice to the district superintendent or chief administrator when a minor enrolled in a public or private school, K-12, has been adjudicated to have committed a felony. Clarifies that the court can make legal records public. Requires family court to provide reasonable access of these records to DOE. Requires the DOE to establish safeguards to protect confidentiality of this information. |
EDU, JDC |
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SB 535 |
relating to education. Requires the department of education to establish risk management and related programs for school administrators, teachers, and other school personnel to mitigate the potential for liability in the performance of their jobs. |
EDU, JDC |
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SB 808 |
RELATING TO COMPUTERs. Limits access to pornography on the Internet by minors in public schools and public libraries. |
EDU, JDC |
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SB 560 |
relating to TEACHERs. Provides $1,500 salary advance to new DOE teacher hires within one week of employment to be recovered by deducting $125 from the first twelve salary payments. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 564 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to pay for a Qualified Zone Academy at the National Guard Facility on 22nd Avenue on Oahu. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 582 |
relating to cyberspace entrepreneurs academies. Appropriates funds to the department of education to establish an academy relating to cyberspace entrepreneurs in the public school system. |
EDU,WAM |
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SB 821 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LAPTOPS FOR LEARNING. Makes appropriation for the laptops for learning program. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 528 |
relating to education. Facilitates the implementation of Statewide Education Performance Standards by making school data more comprehensive and user friendly, and by providing each school with curriculum developers and teacher mentors. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 562 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates computerized student tracking system to track all students who are or were enrolled in the public school system in order to chart their progress from kindergarten to graduation from the UOH. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 140 |
relating to classroom learning materials. Requires funding for classroom learning materials, such as textbooks, to be considered standard workload increase items when planning and budgeting for public schools. Appropriates funds to replace lost or destroyed classroom learning materials, and to repair damaged or broken classroom learning materials. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 525 |
relating to textbooks. Provides a system for monitoring textbooks by individual schools for purposes of accountability. Retains textbook replacement fees in school accounts. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 522 |
RELATING TO THE EDUCATION STOREROOM. Repeals the education storeroom fund and transfers its balance to EDN 300. |
EDU, WAM |
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SB 566 |
relating to education. Allows home schooled students to participate in extracurricular activities in public schools in the district they reside in. |
EDU, WAM |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.
Persons wishing to testify should submit 35 copies of their testimony for the JOINT HEARING and 25 copies for the EDU ONLY to the committee clerk, Room 212, State Capitol 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6729.
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________________________________________ Senator Cal Kawamoto Chair |
________________________________________ Senator Norman Sakamoto Chair |
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