Bill Text: HI SB238 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Education; Instructional Hours
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB238 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB238-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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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. Section 302A-251, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsections (b) to (d) to read:
"(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary:
(1) For the 2011-2012 school year, fifty per cent of all public elementary schools in the State, excluding charter schools and multi-track public schools, shall implement a school year that includes no less than nine hundred fifteen student instructional hours; and
(2) Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, all public elementary schools in the State, excluding charter schools and multi-track public schools, shall implement a school year that includes no less than nine hundred fifteen student instructional hours.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, for the 2014-2016 school years, all public secondary schools, excluding charter schools and multi-track public schools, shall implement a school year that includes no less than nine hundred ninety student instructional hours.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, for the 2016-2018 school years, all public schools, excluding charter schools and multi-track public schools, shall implement a school year of one hundred eighty days, excluding professional development days and other non-instructional days negotiated pursuant to chapter 89, that shall include no less than one thousand eighty student instructional hours for both elementary and secondary school grades."
2. By amending subsection (f) to read:
"(f) For purposes of this section,
"student instructional hours" means [student]:
(1) Student learning time in
elementary schools during which students are engaged in learning activities,
including [regularly-scheduled] regularly scheduled instruction [and],
project-based learning assignments, technology-assisted learning, learning
assessments within the curriculum[, and does not include lunch, recess, or
passing time.], and all other activities to which a related general
learner outcome is attached; and
(2) Student learning time in secondary schools during which students are engaged in learning activities, including regularly scheduled instruction, project-based learning assignments, technology-assisted learning, and learning assessments within the curriculum; provided that for purposes of determining instructional hours for secondary schools, "student instructional hours" may include time spent for activities related to general learner outcomes, such as:
(A) Educational or curriculum-based presentations by persons other than teachers;
(B) Directed study projects;
(C) Time spent in homeroom;
(D) Student advisory time; and
(E) Statewide performance assessments."
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, 2030.
Report Title:
Education; Instructional Hours
Description:
Amends the definition of "student instructional hours" for elementary and secondary schools. Clarifies that statutorily established student instructional hour requirements are minimum requirements. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB238 HD2)
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