STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 919
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 1362
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1362, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACCESS TO LEARNING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish the Hawaii Early Childhood Educator Stipend Program; and
(2) Clarify and make adjustments to Act 46, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, which relates to access to learning, to reflect the current situation brought upon by the COVID‑2019 pandemic, including:
(A) Delaying the expansion of the Preschool Open Doors Program to serve three-year-old children to July 1, 2024;
(B) Extending the deadline for a service provider of the Preschool Open Doors Program to commence national accreditation by two years;
(C) Requiring the application of a uniform assessment for public school and charter school kindergarten students;
(D) Extending the effective date for the Department of Education and State Public Charter School Commission to share certain information on prior early learning program attendance to July 1, 2023; and
(E) Allowing educational data to be shared using an existing system.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1362, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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