Bill Text: HI SB2393 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2393 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). [SB2393 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2393-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2393
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. (a) The department of education shall create a comprehensive plan to establish at least one alternative learning school in each complex area in the State.

(b) The comprehensive plan shall include the following:

(1) A survey of lands upon which potential alternative learning schools could be placed within each complex area;

(2) A comprehensive academic and social support plan for each alternative learning school based on the needs of students;

(3) A projection of costs, resources, and other needs for implementing an alternative learning school in each complex area; and

(4) A timeline for the implementation of the plan.

(c) The department of education shall submit the comprehensive plan, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the regular session of 2019.

(d) For the purposes of this section:

"Alternative learning school" means a school that provides ongoing education to students involved in the justice system or at high-risk of involvement in the justice system.

"Students" means students enrolled in department of education schools and individuals up to the age of twenty-two who receive special education services from the department of education.

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 2018-2019 for the purposes of this Act.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Alternative Learning Schools; Complex Areas; Department of Education

Description:

Requires the Department of Education to create a comprehensive plan to establish alternative learning schools in each complex area in the State. Requires the Department of Education to submit the plan to the Legislature prior to the 2019 Regular Session. Describes students who will be served by alternative learning schools. Appropriates funds. (SB2393 HD1)

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