Bill Text: HI SR102 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Education To Provide And Publish Information Related To Federal Impact Aid.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-16 - Referred to EDU/WAM. [SR102 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SR102-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
urging the department of education to provide and publish information related to federal impact aid.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Defense is not meeting its financial obligations to Hawaii's public schools; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 3 of United States Public Law 81-874, the Department of Defense is required to pay impact aid to the State to offset the financial burden on the State's public education system of non-taxable military lands and non-payment of income and general excise tax by military personnel; and
WHEREAS, according to the Department of Education, however, in fiscal year 2019, the federal impact aid reimbursement paid to the State was only 12.91 percent of the total per-pupil cost of educating eleven thousand to fourteen thousand military students; and
WHEREAS, when reimbursing tuition for federally connected students attending approved overseas schools, the Department of Defense Education Activity office calculates reimbursement rates using the "full cost recovery method", in compliance with Government Accountability Office guidelines; and
WHEREAS, applying this same methodology of full cost recovery to military students in Hawaii, the Department of Defense owes the State approximately $170,687,000 to $217,238,000 for fiscal year 2019 alone; and
WHEREAS, state income tax and general excise tax are the primary sources of funding for the Department of Education; and
WHEREAS, when Department of Defense families utilize the State's public education system without paying full, or any, income or excise taxes, and the Department of Defense does not fully reimburse the State for these students' educational costs, Hawaii residents and taxpayers effectively, and unfairly, substantially subsidize the military students' education; and
WHEREAS, over time, this amounts to several billion dollars owed by the Department of Defense to the State for costs borne by Hawaii's residents; and
WHEREAS, an annual report to the Legislature and the public is thus needed to hold the Department of Defense accountable for moneys owed; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the Department of Education is requested, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023 and no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each Regular Session thereafter, to report to the Legislature and publish on the department's website a summary of the federal impact aid owed and paid by the United States Department of Defense pursuant to section 3 of United States Public Law 81-874; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is requested to include the following in its annual reports and online publications:
(1) The total number of federally connected and military students attending Department of Education schools and the per-pupil cost of the students' education;
(2) The full cost recovery method calculation for federal impact aid reimbursement owed for the year, in compliance with Government Accountability Office guidelines;
(3) The basic support payment calculation for federal impact aid reimbursement owed for the year; and
(4) The total amount of federal impact aid paid that year by the Department of Defense; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education.
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Department of Education; Federal Impact Aid; Reports
