THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

TIME:

1:15PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

HB 773, HD1

        (HSCR754)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR SAINT LOUIS SCHOOL.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Saint Louis School.  Effective on July 1, 2030.  (HB773 HD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 1313, HD2

        (HSCR757)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST WINDWARD NAZARENE ACADEMY.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Windward Nazarene Academy.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB1313 HD2)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 1540

        (HSCR874)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Makes permanent statutory provisions that:  (1) reduced the maximum employment period for teachers hired on an emergency basis by DOE from 4 years to 3 years; and (2) require those unlicensed teachers hired on an emergency basis prior to 7/1/08, to attain licensure within 4 years from the date of employment.

 

EDU, WAM

HB 1056, HD1

        (HSCR756)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS.

Amends section 302A-605, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to permit the Department of Education to determine alternative routes to certification for principals and vice-principals.  (HB1056 HD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 953, HD2

        (HSCR882)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Changes the salary cap for the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents, and complex area superintendents from eighty percent of the superintendent's salary to the superintendent's salary.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB953 HD2)

 

EDU, WAM

SCR 79

        Testimony

        Status

REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW ITS BY-LAWS AND POLICIES AND APPLICABLE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND STATUTES TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

 

EDU

HB 159, HD1

        (HSCR877)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Establishes a funding formula for charter school facilities.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB159 HD1)

 

EDU, WAM

[Measure added on 03-18-11]

HB 945, HD2

        (HSCR880)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Provides an exemption to multi-track public schools of the minimum number of days and instructional hours required of other non-charter public schools by requiring these schools to meet the greater of one hundred seventy-one days or ninety percent of the minimum number of days, and at least ninety percent of the minimum number of student instructional hours for each respective school year.  Includes reporting requirements.  (HB945 HD2)

 

EDU, WAM

[Measure added on 03-18-11]

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at [email protected] .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 218, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

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Please note:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 587-7215.

 

 

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Senator Jill Tokuda

Chair