Bill Text: HI SB2970 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2970 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2970-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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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. The legislature finds that Hawaiian is an official language of the State, and the State has a unique responsibility to promote the use and study of the Hawaiian language. Teachers assigned to teach students in public schools where instruction in a variety of subject areas and skills is given through Hawaiian have greater or unique responsibilities and require additional language skills distinctive to the revitalization of an endangered language.
The legislature further finds that policy efforts by the board of education strengthened the educational foundation for Ka Papahana Kaiapuni schools. Item four of the board of education's policy 105-8 states, "The (Kaiapuni) program's success is largely dependent on the capacity, capability and expertise of the program's professional staff. The Department will establish professional qualifications and develop training programs internally and/or in cooperation with stakeholder groups/universities. The goal is for program professionals to be qualified in both English as a medium of instruction and Hawaiian as a medium of instruction and appropriately compensated for these additional qualifications." Therefore, collaboration with stakeholder groups and universities in developing professional qualifications and training programs is critical, and it is important to provide the University of Hawaii system with adequate resources to fulfill this responsibility.
The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to:
(1) The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa college of education to collaborate with the Kawaihuelani Hawaiian language college; and
(2) The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo's Ka Haka ‘Ula ‘o Ke‘elikōlani, Kahuawaiola indigenous teacher education program,
to collaborate with the department of education to establish professional qualifications and develop training programs for the Ka Papahana Kaiapuni program's staff; provided that the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo shall each receive the same amount of funds.
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 to:
(1) The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa college of education to collaborate with the Kawaihuelani Hawaiian language college; and
(2) The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo's Ka Haka ‘Ula ‘o Ke‘elikōlani, Kahuawaiola indigenous teacher education program,
for the purposes of collaborating with the office of Hawaiian education in the department of education to establish professional qualifications and develop training programs for the Ka Papahana Kaiapuni program's staff; provided that the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and University of Hawai‘i at Hilo shall each receive the same amount of funds pursuant to this section.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawai‘i for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018.
Report Title:
Hawaiian Language; Department of Education; Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Program; University of Hawai‘i; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo to collaborate with the department of education to establish professional qualifications and develop training programs for the Ka Papahana Kaiapuni program's staff. (SD1)
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