Bill Text: HI SB970 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Sustainable Schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-27 - Referred to EDU/AEN, WAM. [SB970 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SB970-Introduced.html
|
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
970 |
|
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
|
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to sustainable schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature further finds that educating and engaging students about locally-sourced foods and Native Hawaiian food crops can also provide students with valuable lessons about their own health, culture, carbon footprints, and waste footprints.
The legislature also finds that traditional internal combustion school bus engines emit exhaust, which children inhale while riding buses and idling in traffic and may potentially increase asthma and other health problems. In contrast, electric school buses offer potential benefits to the quality of student health, the environment, utility infrastructure, and cost savings. Additionally, electric buses have lower operational, maintenance, and labor costs than comparable buses powered by internal combustion engines. The use and operation of green forms of transportation also aligns with Hawaii's established goals of achieving a carbon-negative economy by 2045.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to add long-term targets to the sustainable schools initiative to:
(1) Transition to zero-emission transportation in Hawaii's public schools; and
(2) Incorporate local plant-based proteins into school meals.
SECTION 2. Section 302A-1510, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§302A-1510[]] Sustainable schools initiative. (a)
The department shall establish [a goal] goals of [becoming]:
(1) Becoming net-zero with respect
to energy use, producing as much renewable energy as the department consumes
across all public school facilities, by January 1, 2035[.];
(2) Using zero-emission vehicles for all
school-related transportation, including any contracts for transportation, by
January 1, 2035; and
(3) At least fifty per cent of
all proteins by weight served in meals offered in public schools be plant‑based
proteins, by January 1, 2035.
(b) The department shall use the amount and value
of energy consumed by the department across all public school facilities during
the 2015-2016 fiscal year as the benchmark for measuring the department's
progress toward the energy usage goal set forth in subsection [(a).
(c) The department shall submit an annual report
that shall include information on:
(1) The overall progress toward the
net-zero energy goal set forth in subsection (a);
(2) Its plans and recommendations to
advance the net-zero energy goal set forth in subsection (a); and
(3) Any challenges or barriers
encountered or anticipated by the department in meeting the net-zero energy
goal set forth in subsection (a).
(d)]
(a)(1).
(c) The department shall expedite the cooling of all public school classrooms to a temperature acceptable for student learning. When implementing classroom cooling measures, the department, and any contractor hired to implement classroom cooling measures, shall maximize energy efficiency and installation and operating cost savings over the entire life of the project.
[(e) Pursuant to this section, the department
shall include in the report the]
(d)
No later than twenty days prior to the
convening of each regular session, the department shall submit a report to the
legislature that shall include:
(1) The department's progress toward the
net-zero energy goal set forth in subsection (a)(1), including:
(A) Overall progress toward the goal;
and
(B) The department's plans and
recommendations to advance the net-zero energy goal;
(2) The department's progress toward the
zero-emission transportation goal set forth in subsection (a)(2), including:
(A) An assessment of current
transportation contracts and vehicle inventory; and
(B) The department's plans and
recommendations to advance the zero-emission transportation goal;
(3) The department's progress toward the
goal of incorporating plant-based proteins for meals offered in public schools
set forth in subsection (a)(3), including:
(A) The percentage of animal and plant
proteins purchased each year; and
(B) Plans and recommendations to advance
the goal of incorporating plant-based proteins;
(4) The status of the implementation
of measures taken to cool public school classrooms as required by subsection [(d). The report shall include the following
information:
(1)]
(c), including:
(A) The number of completed classrooms in which cooling measures were implemented and the number of classrooms remaining that require cooling;
[(2)] (B) The different types of cooling
measures implemented;
[(3)] (C) The approximate cost per classroom for
planned cooling measures, including installation, upgrades, equipment,
maintenance, and projected operating costs over the life of the installed
cooling measures;
[(4)] (D)
The approximate cost per completed classroom for cooling measures
implemented, including installation, upgrades, equipment, maintenance, and
projected operating costs over the life of the installed cooling measures;
[(5)] (E) The number of completed classrooms in
which energy efficiency measures were installed or implemented and the number
of classrooms remaining that require energy efficiency measures; and
[(6)] (F) The different types of energy
efficiency measures installed or implemented[.
(f)
The findings]; and
(5) Findings and recommendations,
including any proposed legislation, [to the legislature no later than twenty
days prior to the convening of each regular session.] if any."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
|
INTRODUCED BY: |
_____________________________ |
|
|
|
Report Title:
DOE;
Sustainable Schools Initiative; Electric Transportation
Description:
Requires
the Department of Education to establish zero-emission vehicle goals and
plant-based food goals as part of the sustainable schools initiative. Requires annual report to the Legislature.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
