Bill Text: HI HB1656 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; Children with Disabilities
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1656 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1656-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Education; Children with Disabilities
Description:
Provides parents of children with disabilities with additional flexibility in choices relating to education.
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1656 |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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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 purpose of this Act is to provide parents of children with disabilities with additional flexibility in choices relating to education.
SECTION 2. Section 302A-436, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) This program shall include boarding
facilities, when necessary, special classes in schools or homes, including
homes where the child is home schooled, and [such] other facilities
as shall be required to render appropriate services to the exceptional child.
Existing facilities, buildings, and equipment belonging to, or operated by, the
State shall be made available for these purposes when use thereof does not
conflict with the primary use of the facilities."
SECTION 3. Section 302A-1143, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1143 Attend school in what
district. All persons of school age shall be required to attend the school
of the district in which they reside, unless enrolled in a Hawaiian language
medium education program, or unless it appears to the department to be
desirable to allow the attendance of pupils at a school in some other district,
in which case the department may grant this permission[.]; provided
that a child with a disability shall be granted permission to attend a school
outside of the district in which they reside, upon request by the parent or
guardian of the child with a disability."
SECTION 4. Section 302B-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The
department shall collaborate with the office to develop a system of technical
assistance related to compliance with federal and state laws and access to
federal and state funds. The department and the office shall collaborate to
develop a list of central services [that the department may offer for
purchase by a charter school at an annual cost to be negotiated between an
individual charter school and the department. The] and the
department shall enter into a contract with [a] the charter
school to provide these services, which shall be renegotiated on an annual
basis."
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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