Bill Text: HI HB546 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2021-07-06 - Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). [HB546 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB546-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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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:
PART I
SECTION 1. Section 302A-604, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-604 Complex area superintendents. The superintendent of education, with the approval of the board, shall appoint complex area superintendents for schools. Complex area superintendents for schools shall report directly to the superintendent of education. The complex area superintendents shall supervise the delivery of administrative and instructional support services within their respective complex areas, including:
(1) Personnel, fiscal, and facilities support;
(2) Monitoring of compliance with applicable state and federal laws;
(3) Curriculum development, student assessment, and staff development services; and
(4) Special education programs and special schools within the complex area."
PART II
SECTION 2. The department of education's office of information
technology services shall submit a report to the legislature no later than thirty
days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2022 with a detailed explanation of how the office of information
technology services will be restructured in the next biennium to do the
following:
(1) Improve support for information technology career and technical education programs;
(2) Improve visibility for information technology priorities and status of work and responsiveness to support requests from schools and complexes;
(3) Increase information technology support to schools and complexes;
(4) Increase functionality of online platforms for students, teachers, school administrators, families, and other end-users; and
(5) Create a feedback loop for end-users to submit their needs and requests to the office of information technology services with a clear timetable on follow-up.
SECTION 3. The department of education's office of strategy,
innovation, and performance shall submit a report to the legislature no later
than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2022 with a detailed explanation of
how the office of strategy, innovation, and performance will be restructured in
the next biennium to do the following:
(1) Determine the structural alignment of the offices and their branches;
(2) Restructure a plan to align the objectives of the different branches of the office of strategy, innovation, and performance to the requirements of federal and state regulations;
(3) Engage feedback from end-user groups such as complex area superintendents, schools, legislators, and board of education members;
(4) Realign the community engagement branch to appropriate offices within the department of education; and
(5) Provide an assessment of current staffing needs as it relates to the restructuring of the office of strategy, innovation, and performance.
PART III
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Complex Area Superintendents; Report; Office of Information Technology Services; Office of Strategy, Innovation, and Performance
Description:
Requires complex area superintendents to report directly to the superintendent of education. Requires reports. (CD1)
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