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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR EDUCATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  This Act is recommended by the governor for
 
 2 immediate passage in accordance with section 9 of article VII of
 
 3 the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
 
 4      SECTION 2.  Act 116, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998,
 
 5 appropriated a certain designated sum to the department of
 
 6 education to provide funds for the operations of its programs for
 
 7 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30,
 
 8 1999.
 
 9      The purpose of this Act is to authorize positions and
 
10 appropriate moneys to enable the department of education to
 
11 fulfill the requirements of the Felix v. Cayetano Consent Decree
 
12 and to prevent the reduction or discontinuance of essential
 
13 services for students in regular and special education programs.
 
14      SECTION 3.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be
 
15 necessary to accomplish the purposes and programs designated
 
16 herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, from the general
 
17 revenues of the State for fiscal year 1998-1999:
 
18      EDN 100 - School-Based Budgeting                  $6,450,000
 
19           265 Positions
 

 
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 1      EDN 200 - Instructional Support                     $349,000
 
 2           10 Positions
 
 3      EDN 300 - State and District Administration         $809,000
 
 4           8 Positions
 
 5      EDN 400 - School Support                            $528,000
 
 6      EDN 500 - School Community Service                $2,964,000
 
 7      SECTION 4.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 8 department of education for the purpose of this Act.
 
 9      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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11                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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