HB2081

Report Title:

After-School and Weekend Programs; Special Fund

Description:

Establishes special fund for after-school and weekend programs.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2081
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL AND WEEKEND PROGRAMS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that after-school and other programs are vitally important to the well-being of Hawaii's children and youth, but are often the first programs to face reduced funding or the complete loss of funds during times of economic hardship.

The purpose of this Act is to create a stable source of funding for, and a special fund dedicated to, after-school and weekend programs for children grades kindergarten to twelve.

SECTION 2. Section 302A-408, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-408 After-school and weekend programs[.]; special fund. (a) The department and the appropriate county agencies may establish and regulate programs of after-school and weekend community-school activities for children[,] grades kindergarten to twelve, including [but not limited to] child-care programs, arts and crafts, hula, ukulele, and other recreational projects, wherever feasible, at public school and public park facilities. In addition to any appropriation of public funds, reasonable fees established by the agencies operating the programs may be collected from children enrolled, in the furtherance of particular programs.

(b) There is established in the state treasury an after-school and weekend programs special fund into which shall be deposited appropriations by the legislature, donations and contributions made by private individuals or organizations, grants provided by government agencies or any other sources, and any fees established by the agencies operating the programs and collected from children enrolled in the programs. Moneys in the special fund may be expended by the department and the appropriate county agencies in the furtherance of their respective after-school or weekend programs.

(c) The appropriate agencies may obtain from time to time the services of persons in a voluntary or unpaid capacity, exempt from [chapters] chapter 76 [and 77], as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section, and may regulate their duties, powers, and responsibilities when not otherwise provided by law. Any person whose services have been so accepted, while engaged in the performance of duty under this section, shall be deemed a state employee or an employee of a political subdivision, as the case may be, in determining the liability of the State or the political subdivision for the negligent acts of these persons."

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, 2002.

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