Bill Text: HI SB3013 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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). [SB3013 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB3013-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
3013 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 1 |
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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, according to the National Center for Education
Statistics, approximately 3.7 million students are expected to graduate high
school during the 2019-2020 school year.
According to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the
Workforce, whether high school students enter the workforce immediately or
pursue a postsecondary education, they will all eventually face a job market
where an estimated sixty-five per cent of positions demand postsecondary
credentials. States striving to increase
the career readiness of their students can ensure that career and technical
education offerings will lead to credentials most valued in each unique
workforce. An industry-recognized
certification conveys a student's career readiness because the credential
validates the competencies and skills required for success in a given
occupation or industry. According to the
National Skills Coalition, full-time employees having an industry certification
earn more than their counterparts having only a high school diploma, and in
some cases, the salaries of non-degree credential employees were found to be
similar to workers having college degrees.
The legislature further finds
that the State has critical shortages of qualified local workers in sectors such
as health, education, air travel, and technology. Due to the needs of the State's economy,
Hawaii's public high schools should strategically prepare students for the
workforce by encouraging industry certification in "high value"
occupations, including jobs that have a high demand for competent and skilled
employees, high potential for growth, and high wages.
The
purpose of this Act is to incentivize public high schools to encourage students
to obtain industry certification in high value occupations by requiring the
department of education to establish high value employment criteria for
industry certification awards to public high schools and to appropriate funds
to the department to carry out this purpose.
SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302A- Industry
certification; awards. (a) The department shall coordinate with the University of
Hawaii system and other relevant cross-sector partners, such as the P-3
Initiative and P-20 Partnerships for Education, to develop high value
employment criteria for making industry certification awards to public high
schools. High value employment criteria
shall include occupations with high need of additional competent and skilled
employees, high growth potential, and high wages. High value employment criteria may also
include pre-existing cross-sector initiatives to achieve employment in certain
fields. In addition, the department
shall consult with employers in the State to obtain critical input about
competencies and skills that students need to attain in order to succeed in
high value employment occupations.
(b) The department shall request, and the department of labor and
industrial relations shall provide, an annual list of occupations that meet the
high value employment criteria developed pursuant to subsection (a) and in
which an industry-recognized certification is required or will materially
enhance a job applicant's chances for employment or compensation in that
occupation.
(c) The department shall make the current annual list of occupations
received from the department of labor and industrial relations available to all
public high schools and on the department's website.
(d) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature and the
requirements of subsection (e), the department shall pay each eligible public
high school an industry certification award, calculated as follows:
(1) $250 for each student who earns an industry-recognized
certification for an occupation meeting the high value employment criteria;
(2) $250 for each student who earns an industry-recognized
certification that is recognized by any public institution of higher learning
in Hawaii as a basis for academic credit in that institution; or
(3) $100 for each student who earns an industry-recognized
certification that does not meet the criteria of paragraph (1) or (2) but
fulfills regional demands identified by the most recent Hawaii Statewide
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy report.
(e) In order for a public high school to be
eligible to receive payment of industry certification awards:
(1) The high school shall have a recognized career and technical
education program with an advisory council;
(2) The student's industry certification selection shall:
(A) Meet the high value employment criteria, if an award is made
pursuant to subsection (d)(1); and
(B) Reflect regional labor market data on high growth industry
sectors and be broad enough to allow entry into those industry sectors, if an
award is being made pursuant to subsection (d)(3);
(3) Each industry certification selection shall be nationally
recognized, or shall be recognized in the State as representing high quality
and rigorous standards in that industry; and
(4) The advisory council shall review and sign the industry
certification proposal and selection to ensure that the student is aware that
the certification holds value to employers based in the State.
(f) The public high school receiving payment of an industry
certification award shall allocate one hundred per cent of that award to
support or maintain the school's career and technical education program,
including the payment of stipends for instructors and subsidization of fees for
low-income students to obtain the industry certification.
(g) The department shall prepare an annual report on the progress
made under this section, including:
(1) The number of public high school students who are seeking
industry certifications for high value employment;
(2) The industry certifications
earned by students, including the number of each type of certification earned;
and
(3) The number of public high school students who are seeking or
earning industry certifications and are economically disadvantaged, English
language learners, or receiving special education services.
The department shall submit its
annual progress report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to
the convening of each regular session, beginning with the regular session of
2021."
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 for the department of education to implement the requirements set forth in section 2 of this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2051.
Report Title:
DOE;
Public High Schools; Industry Certification Awards; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes criteria for industry certification awards to public high schools and appropriates funds to the department of education to incentivize public high schools to encourage students to obtain industry-recognized certifications. Requires the department to submit an annual report containing specified information about the progress of the incentivization. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)
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