Bill Text: HI SB2495 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To The New High School In Kihei.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-24 - Referred to EDU, WAM. [SB2495 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2495-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2495
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the new high school in kihei.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that south Maui County currently lacks a high school.  Significant population growth in this area, particularly in the Kihei-Makena region, along with geographical separation from existing central Maui high schools, has created a need for a new high school in south Maui.  Students in Kihei must travel long distances to attend high school in central Maui.  Furthermore, the lack of a high school in the south Maui area has raised enrollment at two central Maui schools, Maui high school and Baldwin high school, such that each of those schools has surpassed its respective design capacity and is now overcrowded.

     The legislature also finds that it has previously appropriated funds to cover all costs for the planning, design, and construction of a new high school in Kihei.  In 2013, the legislature appropriated $130,000,000 for the completion of the project.  However, due to fiscal concerns and changes in administration, the department of education was unable to spend $100,000,000 of the appropriated funds.  In response, the department adopted a phased approach for the project.  The first phase of the project would include the necessary infrastructure construction and the second phase would include the construction of the new school's physical buildings.

     The legislature additionally finds that it has secured $30,000,000 in funds for the first phase of the project.  The securing of these funds allowed the department to commence the infrastructure construction of the first phase and break ground on the new Kihei high school in January 2016.

     The legislature further finds that an appropriation of funds is necessary at this time so that the remaining planning, design, and construction work on the second phase may move forward without further delay.  Given the overcrowding in central Maui schools and the ever-increasing population in the Kihei-Makena region, additional delays in construction of the new Kihei high school will continue to negatively impact students and community members of south Maui.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the remaining design, construction, and equipment for the new high school in Kihei, Maui.

     SECTION 2.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $88,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the purpose of capital improvement projects for the new high school in Kihei, Maui:  design, construction, and equipment for the new high school; ground and site improvements; and for equipment and appurtenances, as follows:

          Design                       $1,600,000

          Construction                $84,800,000

          Equipment                    $1,600,000

          Total funding                              $88,000,000

     SECTION 3.  The appropriation made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2020, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 4.  The sum appropriated for the respective capital projects set forth in section 2 shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Capital Improvement Projects; Kihei High School; School Construction; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the new high school in Kihei, Maui.

 

 

 

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