Bill Text: HI SB2449 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; Adult and Community Education Program Funding; Special Fund
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-23 - (S) Referred to EDU, WAM. [SB2449 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2449-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302A-435, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§302A-435[]]
Financing adult and community education program[.]; special fund.
(a) The financial support for [this] the adult and
community education program shall be [in part from fees collected from
students enrolled, and in part from public funds appropriated for this
purpose.] from appropriations by the legislature, supplemented by fees
collected from students enrolled in the program. Fees shall be set in
accordance with the recommendations of the advisory council[,] for
adult and community education, and may be collected from students regularly
enrolled; provided that:
(1) Adults registered with the department of labor
and industrial relations and unemployed shall be granted free enrollment in [such]
courses [as] that will tend to assist these persons in securing
employment;
(2) Adults certified by the department of human services as indigent may be enrolled on a nonfee basis in classes that will tend to assist these persons in becoming self-sustaining;
(3) Discharged veterans who are entitled to federal educational assistance shall be enrolled upon authorization of the Department of Veterans Affairs and fees shall be charged against federal funds in accordance with Department of Veterans Affairs contract regulations; and
(4) Administrative and supervisory costs, costs of
instruction, and all other necessary expenses not covered by [fees and other
authorized charges shall be paid for out of funds appropriated for this
purpose.] appropriations by the legislature shall be paid for by fees
and other authorized charges.
(b) There is established the adult and community education program special fund, into which shall be deposited:
(1) Appropriations made by the legislature; and
(2) Fees collected from students enrolled in the program pursuant to subsection (a) and other authorized charges.
The adult and community education program special fund shall be administered by the department. The fund shall include a separate account for each community school for adults. Moneys in the fund shall be used for the expenses of the program."
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, 2012.
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Report Title:
Education; Adult and Community Education Program Funding; Special Fund
Description:
Clarifies that funding for the adult and community education program shall be from appropriations by the legislature, supplemented by student fees. Establishes the adult and community education program special fund.
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