Hawaii Senate Bill 2590 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-02-12 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires the department of education to consider making public school facilities available to charter schools, when public schools are closed. Requires the charter school review panel to compile a prioritized list of charter schools who wish to use and occupy the facilities. Provides that, if no charter school requests such use or no charter school is appropriate, then the department of education shall consider making the public school facilities available for other educational purposes. Requires the department to adopt rules to determine a priority list and criteria to evaluate use for other educational purposes. (SD1)

Education; Facilities; Charter Schools; Educational Purposes

Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]

Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]

Sen. Norman Sakamoto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-12		(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2010-02-12		(S) Reported from EDH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2332) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2010-02-10		(S) The committee(s) on EDH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Sakamoto, Kidani, Chun Oakland, Galuteria, Tsutsui, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2010-02-08		(S) The committee(s) on EDH deferred the measure until 02-10-10 1:20PM in conference room 225.
2010-02-02		(S) The committee(s) on EDH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-10 1:45pm in conference room 225.
2010-01-27		(S) Referred to EDH, WAM.
2010-01-25		(S) Passed First Reading.
2010-01-22		(S) Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2590&year=2010
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/Bills/SB2590_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/Bills/SB2590_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/CommReports/SB2590_SD1_SSCR2332_.HTM