THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2020
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 |
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10:15 A.M. |
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Auditorium State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS. Requires the attorney general of the State of Hawaii, on behalf of the Department of Education, to institute proceedings to acquire certain land owned by the Mililani Town Association by voluntary action or condemnation. Effective upon approval. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Prohibits the suspension or expulsion of children participating in the Executive Office on Early Learning's Public Prekindergarten Program, except under limited circumstances. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO ACCESS TO LEARNING. Requires parents or guardians of public school and charter school kindergarten students to disclose information on the student's prior child care program or prekindergarten attendance, if any, for the purpose of determining areas having the highest need for prekindergarten and child care programs. Requires assessment of public school and charter school kindergarten students. Removes public charter school prekindergarten programs from the administrative authority of the Executive Office on Early Learning. Establishes that the state public charter school commission has administrative authority over all state-funded early learning programs in public charter schools. Establishes the preschool open doors special fund. Expands Preschool Open Doors Program eligibility from 4-year-old children to all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry. Requires annual reporting regarding the revenues and expenditures of the early learning special fund. Establishes a program for DHS to award grants for preschools. Appropriates funds and authorizes positions for the Preschool Open Doors Program. Appropriates funds for DHS to expand its information technology system for the purpose of managing information on prekindergarten attendance and child care need and to contract for and operate preschool and child care programs. Establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2030. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for building classrooms for Hawaiian language immersion pre-kindergarten programs. Establishes an early education scholarship program. Appropriates funds for building early learning services classrooms on public library property. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS. Requires DLNR to transfer to DOA specified non-agricultural park lands by a specified deadline. Requires lessees to develop and implement a watershed partnership plan and dedicate fifty percent of meat production for local consumption by December 31, 2023. Requires DOA to report on the percentage of local meat production marketed within the State. Amends the definition of "agricultural activities" used in chapter 166E, HRS. Sunsets 6/30/2021. (SD1)
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WTL/AEN, WAM |
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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 Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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