HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1049
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 302A, part II, subpart C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§302A-      Career and technology center program.  (a)  The department shall establish and administer a career and technology center program for high school students.  The program shall include career and technology centers established as follows:

     (1)  Four on the island of Oahu;

     (2)  Two on the island of Hawaii;

     (3)  One each on the islands of Maui and Kauai; and

     (4)  One auxiliary center each on the islands of Molokai and Lanai.

     (b)  For purposes of this section:

     "Auxiliary center" means a program at a high school that provides courses in at least one of the areas offered by career and technology centers established pursuant to this section.

     "Career and technology center" means a vocational high school program that:

     (1)  Each student attends for half of each school day; provided that the student spends the other half of each school day in academic studies at the student's high school; and

     (2)  Provides courses in areas such as:

         (A)  Arts or graphic communication, which may include commercial art and graphic design;

         (B)  Construction, which may include carpentry and electrical occupations;

         (C)  Health services, which may include dental occupations and health science technology;

         (D)  Hospitality, which may include culinary arts;

         (E)  Information technology, which may include computer information systems;

         (F)  Manufacturing, which may include metal technology;

         (G)  Personal services, which may include cosmetology and protective services; and

         (H)  Transportation, which may include automotive technology and collision repair.

     (c)  Funding for the program shall be made available pursuant to the weighted student formula established in section 302A-1303.6.

     (d)  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section."

     SECTION 2.  The department of education shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2014 on the development and implementation of the career and technology center program.

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Education; Career and Technology Center Program

 

Description:

Requires the DOE to establish a career and technology center program, to include career and technology centers for high school students on Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, and auxiliary centers on Lanai and Molokai.  Requires the DOE to report to the 2014 legislature on the development and implementation of the program.

 

 

 

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