Bill Text: HI SB700 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Making An Emergency Appropriation To The Department Of Education For Utilities And School Food Services.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB700 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB700-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
making an emergency appropriation to the department of education for utilities and school food services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 2. The legislature finds that rising record inflation and other macroeconomic factors have driven energy and food prices beyond previous forecasts. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, oil prices soared to more than one hundred twenty dollars per barrel. Additionally, the recent closure of Oahu's last coal-burning power plant further increased the cost of electricity.
The legislature notes that eighty-one per cent of food commodities prices increased by forty-two per cent for the 2022-2023 school year. Disposable products used by schools for school food services have increased across all island districts: on Oahu by thirty-three per cent; on Maui by thirty-one per cent; on Molokai by ten per cent; on Lanai by thirty-one per cent; on Hawaii island by twenty-two per cent; and on Kauai by thirty-eight per cent. The sudden and dramatic increases have created a budget shortfall within the department of education. Additionally, the department of education anticipates a budget shortfall of $39,297,429 based on current prices, which may increase if utility bills go unpaid and late fees are assessed.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to make an emergency appropriation to provide funds to the department of education to cover the costs of utilities and school food services.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $39,297,429 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 to pay for utility expenses and school food services at department of education schools.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriation authorized under this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided that any unexpended and unencumbered balance of the appropriation made in this Act as of the close of business on June 30, 2024, shall lapse.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Report Title:
Department of Education; School Food Services; Utilities; Emergency Appropriation
Description:
Provides an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education to address the anticipated budget shortfall in utilities and school food services.
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