THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair |
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Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair |
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Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair |
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Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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3:15 PM |
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PLACE: TIMESLOT: |
Conference Room 229 & Videoconference EDU
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THE STATE CAPITOL IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE. Allows Department of Education students to fulfill world language, fine arts, or career and technical education graduation requirements with computer science. Establishes a scholarship at the University of Hawaii to encourage students majoring in education to take a computer science course. Requires UH to establish computer science pathways for students majoring in education. Requires teacher licensing and certification to include computer science. Appropriates funds.
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EDU/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the University of Hawaii to establish in each county, K-12 expanded teaching cohort programs for students who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in education. Requires interim reports prior to the regular sessions of 2023, 2024, and 2025, and a final report prior to the regular session of 2026. Repeals 12/31/26.
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HRE/EDU, WAM |
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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.
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EDU/HRE, JDC |
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RELATING TO STUDENT JOURNALISM. Establishes freedom of press protections for student journalists producing school-sponsored media or university-sponsored media unless subject to certain exceptions.
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EDU/HRE, JDC |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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Please note the following:
· The number of videoconference testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify remotely.
· Videoconference testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 1 minutes each.
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-7100.
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_____________________________________ Senator Donna Mercado Kim Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Michelle N. Kidani Chair |
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