Bill Text: HI SB204 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hawaii Teacher Standards Board; Data Interface Network; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB204 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB204-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Hawaii Teacher Standards Board; Data Interface Network; Appropriation
Description:
Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to coordinate an effort that creates a data interface network to promote the free interchange of information among public and private Hawaii teacher education institutions and the department of education. Appropriates funds.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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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, since July 2002, the Hawaii teacher standards board has been licensing teachers and approving teacher preparation programs. The Hawaii teacher standards board has been working in collaboration with teacher preparation programs, schools, agencies, and the department of education to improve the quantity and quality of data that is accessible to all parties. Accessibility to the necessary data on teachers improves the State's ability to plan for and strengthen quality teachers.
Over the past several years, the Hawaii teacher standards board has been developing an electronic teacher licensing system that has the capability to interface with public and private Hawaii teacher education institutions and the department of education and to share information about licensed teachers, as well as to receive data from these same institutions and agencies. The electronic teacher licensing system will expedite operations and avoid the need for duplicative collection of data by multiple institutions and agencies. This sharing of information will also enable all parties to expedite the processes required in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Hawaii teacher standards board, based on the support of the teacher education coordinating committee, to coordinate the creation of a data interface network consisting of teacher education institutions and the department of education in order to support the free interchange of information valuable to all of the participating organizations.
SECTION 2. The Hawaii teacher standards board shall coordinate a data-sharing effort that shall involve technology, functionality, and project management and coordination. The Hawaii teacher standards board shall use simple object access protocol-based web services as the technology base for the interface between its network partners. All parties shall implement simple object access protocol-based web services or install turnkey hardware, software, and communications translation solutions to interface existing systems to the information network without changing those existing systems.
Over the next several months, the participating organizations shall work to agree on a list of transactions that each will be prepared to service and originate. These transactions shall include all information that each participating institution or agency stores in its automated systems, including data from the department of education, that may support teacher licensing, re-licensing, teacher education and hiring, including, but not limited to:
(1) License information for any current licensee, license application information for any applicant;
(2) State-approved teacher education program completion information;
(3) University course completion information for any licensee;
(4) Higher education degree information;
(5) Teacher employment and worksite information; and
(6) Teacher termination, resignation, retirement, or leave status data records.
Based on discussions among all participating organizations, an assessment of available internal resources and additional resources required shall be used to determine the funding needed to implement this Act.
The Hawaii teacher standards board shall submit findings and recommendations to the legislature not later than twenty days before the convening of the regular session of 2010.
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 2009-2010 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010-2011 for the Hawaii teacher standards board to coordinate an effort that creates a data interface network among public and private Hawaii teacher education institutions and the department of education; provided that funds are used or disbursed in consultation with the participating organizations.
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, 2009.
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