HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

25

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to education budgeting.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The department of education shall prepare the proposed budget for fiscal biennium 2012-2014 for submittal to the 2012 legislature in accordance with zero-based budgeting principles.  The budget-planning process may begin on July 1, 2011, and shall include the following:

     (1)  Identification and description of each program activity;

     (2)  Statement of objectives of each program activity and output;

     (3)  Evaluation and ranking of program activities on the basis of an examination of the required costs of:

         (A)  Health and safety personnel and services;

         (B)  Legal mandates, settlements, and court orders;

         (C)  Student achievement, including the purchase of personnel, goods, and services directly used in the classroom or school;

         (D)  Student support personnel and services; and

         (E)  Critical infrastructure and required personnel;

         and

     (4)  Identification of effects of each funding level on personnel requirements.

     For the purposes of this Act, zero-based budgeting principles shall be applied for fiscal biennium 2012-2014 to department of education programs identified in state and district administration.

     All information developed for zero-based budgeting pursuant to this Act shall be made available to the auditor, director of finance, and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives.

     For the purposes of this Act, the term "zero-based budgeting" means a budgeting system that starts from "zero" each fiscal year.  Each budget item shall be justified on the basis of whether the function is required and assumes that no present commitment exists and that there is no balance carried forward.

     SECTION 2.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Education budget; Zero-based budgeting

 

Description:

Requires the Department of Education to use zero-based budgeting principles in formulating the budget for the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium.

 

 

 

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