Bill Text: HI HB810 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Philosophy Education; Public Schools; Appropriations ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. [HB810 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB810-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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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 a thorough education must incorporate opportunities for children to think critically and question received assumptions. By nurturing children's innate sense of wonder and curiosity, and initiating open-ended discussion and inquiry, educators can foster students who engage in the type of reflective and critical thinking that will allow them to flourish as responsible citizens in a complex and changing world.
The legislature further finds that the philosophy for children program, or p4c, at the University of Hawaii's Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education, offers a workable model to introduce philosophical inquiry into Hawaii's public schools by providing teachers with the tools necessary to help their students develop complex problem solving and critical thinking skills and sound judgment and reasoning. This program had legislative support in the 1980s through an appropriation to enable teachers of the department of education to train in the program at the University of Hawaii and then share their skills with other teachers in the school and complex.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to support the integration of philosophical education in public schools by making appropriations to fund the p4c program and to allow teachers of the department of education the time to train in the program.
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 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the p4c program of the University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
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 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 to allow teachers of the department of education to train with the p4c program of the University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.
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Report Title:
Philosophy Education; Public Schools; Appropriations
Description:
Appropriates funds for the P4C Program of the University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and for teachers of the Department of Education to train with the P4C Program.
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