Bill Text: HI HB2508 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Har excused (2). [HB2508 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2508-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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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, according to the National Center for Education
Statistics, about 3.7 million students are expected to graduate high school
during the 2019-2020 school year.
According to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the
Workforce, whether high school students enter the workforce immediately or
pursue a postsecondary education, they will all eventually face a job market
where an estimated sixty-five per cent of positions demand postsecondary
credentials. States striving to increase
career readiness of their students can ensure that career and technical
education offerings will lead to credentials most valued in each unique
workforce. An industry-recognized
certification conveys a student's career readiness because the credential
validates the competencies and skills required for success in a given
occupation or industry. According to the
National Skills Coalition, full-time employees with an industry certification
earn more than their counterparts with only a high school diploma, and in some
cases, the salaries of non-degree credential employees were found to be similar
to workers with college degrees.
The legislature further finds
that the State has critical shortages of qualified local workers in sectors
including health, education, air travel, and technology. Due to the needs of the State's economy,
Hawaii's public high schools should strategically prepare students for the
workforce by encouraging industry certification in "high value"
occupations, including jobs that have a high demand for competent and skilled
employees, high potential for growth, and high wages.
The
purpose of this Act is to incentivize students to obtain industry certification
in high value occupations by requiring the department of education and state
public charter school commission to establish high value employment criteria
for industry certification awards to schools.
SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302A- Industry
certification; awards. (a) The department shall coordinate
with the University of Hawaii system and other relevant cross-sector partners,
such as partners in the P-20 Initiative and P-20 for Education programs, to
develop high value employment criteria for making industry certification awards
to public high schools. High value
employment criteria shall include occupations with high need of additional
competent and skilled employees, high growth potential, and high wages. High value employment criteria may also
include pre-existing cross-sector initiatives to achieve employment in certain
fields. In addition, the department
shall consult with employers in the State to obtain critical input about
competencies and skills that students need to attain in order to succeed in
high value employment occupations.
(b) The department shall request, and the
department of labor and industrial relations shall provide, an annual list of
occupations that meet the high value employment criteria and in which an
industry-recognized certification is required or will materially enhance a job
applicant's chances for employment or compensation in that occupation.
(c) The
department shall make the current annual list of occupations received from the
department of labor and industrial relations available to all public high
schools and to the public on the department's website.
(d) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the
legislature and subsection (e), the department shall pay each public high
school an industry certification award calculated as follows:
(1) $250
for each student who earns an industry-recognized certification for an
occupation meeting the high value employment criteria;
(2) $250
for each student who earns an industry-recognized certification that is recognized
by any public institution of higher learning in Hawaii as a basis for academic
credit in such institution; or
(3) $100
for each student who earns an industry-recognized certification that does not
meet the criteria of paragraph (1) or (2) but fulfills regional demands
identified by the most recent Hawaii Statewide Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy report.
(e) To
be eligible for a public high school to receive payment of industry certification
awards:
(1) The
high school shall have a recognized career and technical education program with
an advisory council;
(2) The
student's industry certification selection shall, in addition to meeting the
high value employment criteria, reflect regional labor market data on high
growth industry sectors and be broad enough to allow entry into those industry
sectors;
(3) Each
industry certification selection shall be nationally recognized, or shall be
recognized in the State as representing high quality and rigorous standards in
that industry; and
(4) The
advisory council shall review and sign the industry certification proposal and
selection to ensure that the student is aware that the certification holds
value to employers based in the State.
(f) The
public high school receiving payment of an industry certification award shall
allocate one hundred per cent of that award to support or maintain the career
and technical educational program, including the payment of stipends for
instructors and the subsidization of fees for low-income students to obtain the
industry certification.
(g) The
department shall prepare an annual report on the progress made under this section
including:
(1) The
number of public high school students who are seeking industry certifications
for high value employment;
(2) The industry certifications
earned by students, including the number of each type of certification earned;
and
(3) The
number of public high school students who are seeking or earning industry
certifications and are economically disadvantaged, English language learners,
or receiving special education services.
The department shall submit its annual
progress report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
convening of the regular session of 2021 and each regular session thereafter."
SECTION 3. Chapter 302D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302D-
Industry
certification; awards. (a) The commission shall coordinate
with the University of Hawaii system and other relevant cross-sector partners,
such as partners in the P-20 Initiative and P-20 for Education programs, to
develop high value employment criteria for making industry certification awards
to charter schools with grades nine through twelve. High value employment criteria shall include
occupations with high need of additional competent and skilled employees, high
growth potential, and high wages. High
value employment criteria may also include pre-existing cross-sector
initiatives to achieve employment in certain fields. In addition, the commission shall consult
with employers in the State to obtain critical input about competencies and
skills that students need to attain in order to succeed in high value
employment occupations.
(b) The
commission shall request, and the department of labor and industrial relations
shall provide, an annual list of occupations that meet the high value
employment criteria and in which an industry-recognized certification is
required or will materially enhance a job applicant's chances for employment or
compensation in that occupation.
(c) The
commission shall make the current annual list of occupations received from the
department of labor and industrial relations available to all charter schools
and to the public on the commission's website.
(d) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the
legislature and subsection (e), the commission shall pay each charter school an
industry certification award calculated as follows:
(1) $250
for each student who earns an industry-recognized certification for an
occupation meeting the high value employment criteria;
(2) $250
for each student who earns an industry-recognized certification that is
recognized by any public institution of higher learning in Hawaii as a basis
for academic credit in such institution; or
(3) $100
for each student who earns an industry-recognized certification that does not
meet the criteria of paragraph (1) or (2) but fulfills regional demands
identified by the most recent Hawaii Statewide Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy report.
(e) To
be eligible for a charter school to receive payment of industry certification
awards:
(1) The
charter school shall have a career and technical education program;
(2) The
student's industry certification selection shall, in addition to meeting the
high value employment criteria, reflect regional labor market data on high
growth industry sectors and be broad enough to allow entry into those industry
sectors; and
(3) Each
industry certification selection shall be nationally recognized, or shall be
recognized in the State as representing high quality and rigorous standards in
that industry.
(f) The
charter school receiving payment of an industry certification award shall
allocate one hundred per cent of that award to support or maintain the career
and technical educational program, including the payment of stipends for
instructors and the subsidization of fees for low-income students to obtain the
industry certification.
(g) The
commission shall prepare an annual report on the progress made under this section
including:
(1) The
number of charter school students who are seeking industry certifications for
high value employment;
(2) The industry certifications
earned by students, including the number of each type of certification earned;
and
(3) The
number of charter school students who are seeking or earning industry
certifications and are economically disadvantaged, English language learners,
or receiving special education services.
The commission shall submit its annual progress report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2021 and each regular session thereafter."
SECTION 4. 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 2020-2021 for the department of education to implement the requirements set forth in section 2 of this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Industry
Certification Awards; Public High Schools; Charter Schools; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes industry certificate awards to incentivize public high schools and charter schools with grades nine through twelve to encourage students to obtain industry-recognized certifications. Requires the department of education and state public charter school commission to submit an annual report containing specified information about the progress of the incentivization. Appropriates funds. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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