THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

DATE:	Tuesday, April 6, 2021
TIME:	10:05AM
PLACE:	Conference Room 211 & Videoconference

THE STATE CAPITOL IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB 546, HD2, SD1 (SSCR1219) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires complex area superintendents to report directly to the superintendent of education.  Makes appropriations.  (SD1)	EDU, WAM
HB 775 (SSCR1093) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO RENAMING KAHULUI AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD. Renames Kahului Airport Access Road on Maui as the Mayor Elmer F. Cravalho Way.	TRS, WAM
HB 1362, HD1, SD1 (SSCR1254) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO ACCESS TO LEARNING. Removes the prohibition for private funds to go directly to the Department of Education schools for the purposes of opening prekindergarten classrooms.  Establishes the Hawaii early childhood educator stipend program to address shortage of early childhood education educators. Extends certain effective dates for implementation of Act 46, SLH 2020.  Requires the application of a uniform assessment for public and charter school kindergarten students.  Allows educational data to be shared using an existing system.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)	EDU/HMS, WAM

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.

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