HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Rep. Justin H. Woodson, Chair

Rep. Jeanne Kapela, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Takashi Ohno

Rep. Linda Clark

Rep. Sean Quinlan

Rep. Sonny Ganaden

Rep. Gregg Takayama

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Troy N. Hashimoto

Rep. Val Okimoto

 

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

TIME:

2:00 PM

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

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A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) has been DELETED from the agenda: HB1510, HB1511

 

HB 1560

Status

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Amends the minimum qualifications for board of education members.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB 1697

Status

RELATING TO SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

Requires DOE to provide comprehensive training for teachers and educational officers on sexual health topics that include positive and accurate representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and other sexual orientations and gender identities and persons of color communities, to destigmatize and promote sexual health.  Requires sexual health programs to include similar sexual health topics to destigmatize and promote sexual health.

 

EDN, CPC, FIN

HB 1799

Status

RELATING TO ASTHMA.

Requires the Department of Education to offer optional asthma education courses to students and provide mandatory asthma training to teachers and other department employees who interact with students.

 

EDN, HHH, FIN

HB 1683

Status

RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission to Promote and Advance Civic Education, to develop and implement curriculum in civic education as a component of high school United States history courses.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB 1775

Status

RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

Specifies additional forms of discrimination and other prohibited conduct under Chapter 368D, HRS.  Requires covered entities to adopt written policies and undertake other specified enforcement actions no later than 1/1/2023.  Requires annual reports to Legislature.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB 1510

Status

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Increases the number of classifications on the salary schedule for teachers of the department of education.  Specifies that additional classifications may be included in the teachers' salary schedule pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for bargaining unit (5).

 

EDN, LAT, FIN

HB 1511

Status

RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.

Appropriates funds for an experimental modernization project to address compensation equity issues and make necessary salary adjustments for senior teachers whose current base salary does not reflect their years of professional service.

 

EDN, LAT, FIN

 

 

 

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are bolded.

 

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Rep. Justin H. Woodson

Chair