Bill Text: HI SB2690 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-05-11 - 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) Thielen excused (1). [SB2690 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2690-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 2. (a) There is established within the University of Hawaii for administrative purposes a network improvement community task force to build an infrastructure platform leading to the development of a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher education degree at the University of Hawaii. The task force shall coordinate with the University of Hawaii to develop a pilot K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher education program, to be coordinated through the University of Hawaii Maui college campus. The goal of the task force shall be to build the capacity for, and eventually establish, a statewide program to recruit, prepare, and retain K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers who will work in high-need areas, with an emphasis on the teacher graduates being Native Hawaiian, Filipino, or another minority group that is underrepresented among K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) The chancellor of the University of Hawaii Maui college;
(2) The complex area superintendent for the Baldwin‑Kekaulike-Maui complex area;
(3) The headmaster of Kamehameha Schools Maui; and
(4) The dean of the University of Hawaii Manoa college of education.
The task force may add additional members as it deems necessary.
(c) The task force shall elect a chairperson from among its members.
(d) In developing its infrastructure platform, the task force shall:
(1) Generate baseline data of current K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers in target areas to determine need, interest, and capacity for recruiting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors to become science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers;
(2) Engage in relationship-building activities for recruiting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors to become K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers;
(3) Create strong partnerships with receiving high-need complex areas to ensure that they are preparing K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers to teach the complex area curriculum and to teach according to the complex area's professional standards and evaluation metrics; and
(4) Build high-retention, supportive pathways into teaching strategies to retain minority teachers who are underrepresented in K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
(e) The task force shall submit an interim report of its progress, including any preliminary findings and recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2021. The task force shall submit a final report, including any findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2022.
(f) The task force shall be dissolved on July 1, 2022.
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 2020-2021 to support the activities of the network improvement community task force established by this part.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii Maui college for the purposes of this part.
SECTION 4. 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 2020-2021 for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) science, technology, engineering, and mathematics entrepreneur-resident located at the University of Hawaii Maui college to provide expertise and assist in the needs of the network improvement community task force established pursuant to this part.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii Maui college for the purposes of this part.
PART II
SECTION 5. The University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships connects students from Maui with students abroad to develop meaningful relationships in an increasingly globalized world. The partnership offers study abroad opportunities in Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Okinawa, the Philippines, Portugal, and Spain. Such programs help students gain foreign language skills and cross-cultural competence. The office of international and regional partnerships also works with the non-profit foundation Sister Cities in the county of Maui to promote economic and educational relationships between the county of Maui and the world. The office of international and regional partnerships estimates that $ is needed to allow eighteen to twenty students to participate in these study abroad programs, based on past travel costs.
Accordingly, the purpose of this part is to appropriate funds for the University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships to subsidize travel expenses and tuition for students who wish to study abroad.
SECTION 6. 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 2020-2021 for the study abroad programs offered by the University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this part.
PART III
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2051.
Report Title:
UH; Office of International and Regional Partnerships; Study Abroad Scholarships; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes, and appropriates funds for, a network improvement community task force to develop a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher education degree for the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships for study abroad programs. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)
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