HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

578

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to preschool open doors program.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 346-181, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Subject to the availability of funds, the program shall serve [four-year-old children,] children four years of age and younger, with priority extended to:

     (1)  Children who are not eligible to attend public school kindergarten in the calendar year in which they turn five years of age because their birth date occurs after the kindergarten eligibility date pursuant to section 302A-411; and

     (2)  Underserved or at-risk children."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Keiki Caucus; Preschool Open Doors Program; Qualifying Age

 

Description:

Expands the qualifying age for the preschool open doors program to children four years old and younger.

 

 

 

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