COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Friday, March 20, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. Requires the department of education to allow children who are home schooled to participate in extracurricular activities at the public school they would otherwise be required to attend. Effective 01/01/90. (SD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a two-year pilot project within a designated complex area, which authorizes the complex area superintendent to reallocate resources within the schools in the complex area to achieve greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness; exempts the designated complex area from any department-wide budget reductions or restrictions during the 2-year pilot; requires interim and final reports to the legislature. (SD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY HEALTH EDUCATION. Requires any recipient of state funding to provide medically accurate sexuality education. (SD1)
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HLT,
EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Authorizes the Governor and the Hawaii Council of Mayors to name designees for their representatives on the early learning council; changes the name of the keiki first steps trust fund to the early learning trust fund and specifies that moneys in the trust fund shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year. (SD2)
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EDN, FIN |
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REQUESTING THAT THE HOOKAKOO CORPORATION REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND IMPACTS OF THE MODELS FOR EXPANDED LEARNING TIME BEING PILOTED BY THE HOOKAKOO CORPORATION'S PARTNER CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOLS.
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EDN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on Monday, March 16, 2009):
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Prohibits movement of junior kindergarten and kindergarten students between tiers, except under certain circumstances; prohibits a junior kindergartener from directly graduating to the first grade, except under certain circumstances; establishes a separate curriculum for the junior kindergarten program; requires the department of education to staff junior kindergartens with qualified teachers and teacher aides; appropriates funds. (SD2)
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EDN, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Monday, March 23, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of transportation and the county transportation departments to seek to reasonably accommodate access and mobility for all users of highways, roads, and streets, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and persons of all abilities. Establishes a temporary task force to review certain specified traffic policies and guidelines. Report to legislature in 2010 and 2011. (SD1)
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Increases the state liquid fuel tax; state vehicle registration fee; state vehicle weight fee. Establishes the land transportation modernization special fund. Provides funding for a six-year comprehensive modernization program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. Revises standard for a court-issued license to drive for work‑related purposes. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides that high occupancy vehicle lanes may be used by hybrid and other energy-efficient vehicles including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants. (SD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows for the operation of larger articulated buses used for public transit purposes on public roadways. (SD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO AIRPORT CONCESSIONS. Requires the department of transportation to periodically review airport concession leases. Allows the DOT to adjust the lease rent to what is reasonable and affordable for the concession. Sunsets 7/1/2014. (SD1)
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE SPECIAL FUND. Amends the authorized use of the passenger facility charge special fund to be used for bonds and establishes subaccounts within the special fund for airport capital improvement projects. Effective on 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND TOUR VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX. Increases the rental motor vehicle and tour vehicle surcharge tax to an unspecified amount, with an unspecified portion to be deposited into the general fund beginning 7/1/2009. (SD3)
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TRN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, CULTURE, & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Monday, March 23, 2009
10:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on Monday, March 16, 2009):
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Makes technical amendment to tourism law regarding development of measures of effectiveness.
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TCI |
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RELATING TO TOURISM EMERGENCY. Adds a national or global economic crisis to situations considered a tourism emergency. Requires, in addition to the governor's declaration of the existence of a tourism emergency, the governor's express approval and direction before action may be taken. (SD2)
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TOURISM SPECIAL FUND. Removes the per cent of transient accommodations tax that is deposited into the tourism special fund from 34.2 per cent to a blank per cent. Effective 07/01/90. (SD2)
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Repeals the Hawaii tourism authority; establishes the department of tourism; establishes an interagency working group to facilitate the transitioning of the department of tourism; transfers the convention center enterprise special fund, the tourism special fund, and the tourism emergency trust fund to the department of tourism; renames the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the department of business and economic development. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. Revises appointment process for the stadium authority. (SD1)
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TCI, WLO |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Makes the GET exemption amendments for timeshare operators and condominium submanagers permanent. (SD1)
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TCI, FIN |