REPORT TITLE:
Teacher education program


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for the teacher certification program on
Kauai.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TEACHER EDUCATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that a continuing shortage
 
 2 of qualified teachers in the critical areas of math, science,
 
 3 special education, vocational education, and counselor education
 
 4 requires legislative action.  On Kauai, this shortage is more
 
 5 acute due to factors such as geographic isolation, travel
 
 6 distances, and the scarcity of affordable housing.  This has
 
 7 discouraged many teacher graduates from the University of
 
 8 Hawaii's Manoa and Hilo campuses, as well as many from other
 
 9 states, from relocating to Kauai to fill available teacher
 
10 positions.
 
11      The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for the
 
12 teacher education program on Kauai.  This will allow the
 
13 University of Hawaii to offer a complete teacher certification
 
14 program to the island's residents who are either employed full-
 
15 time, have families to care for, or are otherwise unable to
 
16 transfer to the University of Hawaii-Manoa to complete the
 
17 necessary requirements.
 
18      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
19 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $      , or so much
 
20 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 for teacher
 

 
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 1 education and graduate level outreach programs on the island of
 
 2 Kauai.
 
 3      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 4 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 
 5      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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 7                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________