Bill Text: HI HB2170 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Early Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. [HB2170 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2170-Amended.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2170 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EARLY EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that high-quality
pre-kindergarten programs, which rely on qualified educators, are necessary for
positive early learning outcomes. In
addition to specialized coursework and training in early childhood education, early
learning educators, including both teachers and principals, require ongoing,
targeted professional development to implement high-quality pre-kindergarten
classrooms.
In its implementation of
its public pre-kindergarten program, the executive office on early learning
brings together educators, including principals, several times a year for
face-to-face professional learning with other educators. However, educators in rural areas have
expressed a feeling of isolation upon returning to their classrooms. The legislature finds that it is critical to
provide these educators with equitable access to needed resources and regular
collaboration with their peers and mentors in a professional learning community
to help improve instruction and deliver a high-quality pre-kindergarten
program.
The development and maintenance of an
online platform by the executive office on early learning will provide a tool
through which communication between early learning educators can occur and that
can provide resources to these educators, including recorded trainings and
meetings, accessible on a continuing basis, thus providing the permanency
needed for an effective online community of learners.
The purpose of this Act
is to appropriate funds to the executive office on early learning for an online
platform to facilitate professional learning for executive office on early
learning pre-kindergarten program educators.
SECTION 2. 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 2018-2019 for an online platform to facilitate professional learning for executive office on early learning public pre-kindergarten program educators.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the executive office on early learning for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Executive Office on Early Learning; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Early Learning for an online platform to facilitate professional learning for Executive Office on Early Learning public pre-kindergarten program educators. (HB2170 HD1)
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