HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1345
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. (a) There is established within the state public charter school commission a three-year pilot program to provide an apprenticeship educational pathway for teacher licensure or staff certification for cultural practitioners in lieu of traditional educational requirements that integrates cultural expertise and traditional curriculum with core teaching strategies at certain public charter schools.

(b) The state public charter school commission shall administer the pilot program at Waimea middle public conversion charter school and Kanu o Ka Aina new century public charter school.

(c) The state public charter school commission may collaborate with various state educational boards and providers, including the University of Hawaii, department of labor and industrial relations workforce development division, board of education, and the Hawaii state teachers standards board in developing the appropriate curriculum and certification in administering the pilot program.

(d) The pilot program shall maintain specific strategic goals, including the following:

(1) Implementing research-based practices and working with veteran teachers as mentors;

(2) Strengthening the local community through a comprehensive offering of skilled trades; and

(3) Improving quality of instruction, including using the process of integrated culture-based learning.

(e) The pilot program shall provide financial support for its participants based on requirements determined by the state public charter school commission.

(f) The state public charter school commission shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2026.

(g) The pilot program shall terminate on June 30, 2026.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $900,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the implementation of the pilot program established pursuant to Section 1 of this Act.

The sums appropriated shall be expended by the state public charter school commission for the purposes of this Act; provided that the appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided further that all moneys from the appropriation that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2026, shall lapse on that date.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State Public Charter School Commission; Pilot Program; Apprenticeship; Appropriation

Description:

Establishes a pilot program in the state public charter school commission to provide an educational pathway for teacher licensure or staff certification for cultural practitioners.

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