Bill Text: HI HB1045 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-03 - Act 168, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). [HB1045 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-HB1045-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature also finds that under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, unaccompanied homeless youth are those youth who are not in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian and experiencing unstable housing. McKinney-Vento eligible students, including unaccompanied youth, are entitled to enroll in school immediately, even if the student is lacking documents normally required for enrollment or have missed application or enrollment deadlines.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Adjust the responsibility of producing a certificate of release from certain minor students to the student's parent or legal guardian; and
(2) Exempt students eligible for assistance provided under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 from having to produce certain student records when transferring schools.
SECTION 2. Section
302A-1145, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1145
Transfer to another school. No school shall receive any [child] student
under eighteen years of age, [who has attended another school of the same
class in the same complex area,] unless the [child] student's
parent or legal guardian produces to the school in which the student is
to be enrolled, a certificate of release of the school last attended by the [child.]
student; provided that an emancipated minor may produce the minor's own
certificate of release. If the [child]
parent or legal guardian of a student applies for the student to
[enroll] be enrolled, or an emancipated minor applies to enroll,
in a school of higher grade, a certificate of proficiency [shall be required]
or a lawful excuse for its absence[. The
children from one complex area desiring to enter a school in another complex
area may be received or enrolled upon producing a certificate of release from
the school last attended in the other complex area.] shall be required.
This section shall not apply to students eligible for assistance provided under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, including unaccompanied youth who are not under the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Department of Education; Enrollment; Certificate of Release
Description:
Requires a minor student's parent or legal guardian, rather than the student, to produce the required student records when transferring schools. Clarifies that emancipated minors may produce the required student records when transferring schools. Clarifies that the transfer process is the same whether a transfer is within the same complex area or to another complex area. Exempts students eligible for assistance provided under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 from producing required student records when transferring schools. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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