Bill Text: HI HB2428 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - Referred to LHE, FIN, referral sheet 5 [HB2428 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2428-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2428 |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302D-30, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The department shall be responsible for the
provision of a free appropriate public education. Any charter school that enrolls special
education students or identifies one of its students as eligible for special
education shall be responsible for [providing] implementing the
educational and related services required by a student's individualized
education program[.] with resources provided by the department. The programs and services for the student
shall be determined collaboratively by the student's individualized education
program team, which includes the student's parents or legal guardians.
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the charter school is unable to provide all of the required services, then the
department shall provide the student with services as determined by the
student's individualized educational program team. The department shall collaborate with the [commission]
authorizer to develop guidelines related to the provision of special
education services and resources to each charter school. The department shall review all of the
current individualized education programs of special education students
enrolled in a charter school and may offer staff, funding, or both, to the
charter school based upon a per-pupil weighted formula implemented by the
department and used to allocate resources for special education students in the
department schools."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
DOE; Special Education Services; Housekeeping
Description:
Clarifies that the department of education is responsible for providing the necessary resources for the special education of students in charter schools. Makes conforming amendments.
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