Bill Text: HI SB1189 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Preschool Open Doors Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [SB1189 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB1189-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 346-181, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Subject to the availability of funds, the program shall serve four-year-old children, with priority extended to:
(1) Children who are not eligible to attend public school kindergarten in the calendar year in which they turn five years of age because their birth date occurs after the kindergarten eligibility date pursuant to section 302A-411; and
(2) Underserved or at-risk children[.], as
defined in section 302L-1; provided that priority shall be given to children
whose family income is at or below three hundred fifty per cent of the federal
poverty level."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2051.
Report Title:
Preschool Open Doors Program; At-risk Children; Underserved Children
Description:
Clarifies the definition of "underserved" or "at-risk" children as it relates to the priority given to these children for the Preschool Open Doors program. Provides that priority among undeserved or at-risk children shall be given to children whose family income is at or below 350 per cent of the federal poverty level. (SB1189 HD1)
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