Bill Text: HI SR48 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Weighted Student Formula; Remote Schools; Board of Education; Committee on Weights

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-16-15. [SR48 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2015-SR48-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	48
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the committee on weights and the board of education to consider the unique needs of remote schools when reevaluating the weighted student formula.

 

 

     WHEREAS, Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, established a weighted student formula to allocate monies to schools based upon the unique learning needs of each student; and

 

     WHEREAS, the weighted student formula provides school funding on a per pupil basis; and

 

     WHEREAS, remote schools are more expensive to operate, per pupil, compared to more populous schools; and

 

     WHEREAS, remote schools are at a funding disadvantage due to their relatively small student populations; and

 

     WHEREAS, public high school students statewide are subject to the same graduation requirements and need access to various courses, including electives, to graduate; and

 

     WHEREAS, remote schools struggle to regularly provide the breadth of courses necessary for students to meet graduation requirements due to the funding constraints of the weighted student formula; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, that the Committee on Weights and Board of Education are requested to consider the unique needs of remote schools when reevaluating the weighted student formula; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Chairperson of the Committee on Weights.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Weighted Student Formula; Remote Schools; Board of Education; Committee on Weights