THE SENATE

KA ‘AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

TIME:

3:06 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

EDU

 

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A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 30, 2023:

 

SB 481

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Board of Education to develop a Hawaiian Language Medium Education Kindergarten Entry Assessment to be administered by the Department of Education, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.  Requires the State Public Charter School Commission to adopt the assessment.  Requires a kindergarten entry assessment be administered within ninety days of a child's admission to kindergarten, provided that the child has not received any other kindergarten assessment within the past one hundred eighty days.

 

EDU, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

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Senator Michelle N. Kidani

Chair