Bill Text: HI HB1534 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-07 - Referred to EDU, WAM. [HB1534 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1534-Introduced.html
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H.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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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:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the State's public schools have been facing a severe teacher shortage for years with little support to address this issue. The teaching workforce in Hawaii is now increasingly made up of out-of-state teachers, creating a classroom environment where teaching faculty do not adequately reflect the socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of Hawaii's students.
The legislature further finds that the lack of apprenticeship programs to assist teachers in obtaining the necessary licenses and gaining workforce experience contributes to poor teacher retention, lack of diversity, and lack of recruitment of local teachers in public schools. Hawaii needs a structured teacher apprenticeship program to boost retention, diversity, and recruitment among the State's public school teachers.
The purpose of this Act is to establish a teacher apprenticeship program to support, recruit, develop, and retain teachers for Hawaii's public schools.
SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part III, subpart D, to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302A- Hawaii
teacher apprenticeship program. (a)
There is established the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program to be
administered by the Hawaii teacher standards board to create
pathways for individuals to enter the teaching profession in the State.
(b) To
participate in the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program, an individual shall
meet the following minimum eligibility requirements to become an apprentice
teacher, the individual shall have:
(1) Received an
associate degree from an accredited postsecondary institution in the State;
(2) Earned a
cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in the degree program for the degree
received in accordance with paragraph (1);
(3) Successfully passed
a background screening by the department; and
(4) Been accepted
into program by the Hawaii teacher standards board.
(c) As
a condition of participating in the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program, an
apprentice teacher shall:
(1) Commit to
spending the first two years of the program in the classroom of a mentor
teacher using team teaching strategies as identified by the Hawaii teacher
standards board;
(2) Fulfill the
on-the-job training component and any additional requirements and standards;
(3) Obtain a
teacher's license pursuant to section 302A‑805; and
(4) Be hired by the
department as an education paraprofessional; provided that the compensation for
the apprentice teacher shall be in accordance with the current salary schedule negotiated
for bargaining unit (6).
(d) An
apprentice teacher may change schools after the first year of apprenticeship if
the current school the apprentice teacher is employed at has agreed to fund the
remaining year of the apprenticeship.
(e) A teacher
serving as mentor in the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program shall mentor an
apprentice teacher using team teaching strategies and shall, at a minimum, meet
the following requirements:
(1) Have at least
seven years of teaching experience in the State; and
(2) Satisfy any
other requirements as established by the department and Hawaii teacher
standards board.
(f)
Subject to legislative appropriation, a mentor teacher may receive a
bonus; provided that fifty per cent of the bonus shall be paid to the mentor
teacher after:
(1) The first year
of mentoring an apprentice teacher; and
(2) Completion of
the Hawaii teacher apprentice program with the same apprentice teacher.
(g)
Upon completion of the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program, the
apprentice teacher shall be eligible for hire as a teacher by a department
school or public charter school in the State.
(h)
The Hawaii teacher standards board may impose additional requirements
for completion of the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 to establish the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program pursuant to section 302A- , Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37‑91 and 37‑93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in H.B. No. , will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024‑2025 to be exceeded by $ or per cent. In addition, the appropriation contained in this Act will cause the general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024‑2025 to be further exceeded by $ or per cent. The combined total amount of general fund appropriations contained in only these two Acts will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024‑2025 to be exceeded by $ or per cent. The reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling are that:
(1) The appropriation made in this Act is necessary to serve the public interest; and
(2) The appropriation made in this Act meets the needs addressed by this Act.
SECTION 5. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 3 shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
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Report Title:
Hawaii Teacher Standards Board; Hawaii Teacher Apprenticeship Program; Established; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling
Description:
Establishes the Hawaii Teacher Apprenticeship Program, to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, to support, recruit, develop, and retain teachers for Hawaii's public schools. Appropriates funds.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
