Bill Text: HI SR3 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct Study Of Two Potential Dedicated Sources Of Funding For Public Education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-28 - The committee on EDU deferred the measure. [SR3 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SR3-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	3
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO conduct study of TWO POTENTIAL DEDICATED SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

 

 

     WHEREAS, public education is a critical pillar of a productive and equitable society; and

 

     WHEREAS, article X, section 1, of the Hawaii State Constitution requires the State to provide a system of public education; and

 

     WHEREAS, funding for public education in Hawaii is primarily sourced from the State's general fund; and

 

     WHEREAS, public education in Hawaii is not adequately funded; and

 

     WHEREAS, chronic underfunding of public schools undermines the State's goal of providing a quality education to all children in the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, it is necessary to develop a durable, dedicated source of funding the State's public education system, to ensure that the State will be able to prepare children to meet the social and economic demands of the future; and

 

     WHEREAS, one option for a dedicated source of funding public education in the State is a state lottery; and

 

     WHEREAS, a second option for a dedicated source of funding public education in the State is a one per cent allocation of county real property tax revenues; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to study and determine the potential yield of a state lottery as a dedicated source of funding for the State's public education system; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to study and determine the potential yield of a one per cent allocation of county real property tax revenues as a dedicated source of funding for the State's public education system; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Legislative Reference Bureau and Department of Education.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Department of Education; Legislative Reference Bureau; Public Education; Funding; Real Property Tax; State Lottery; Study