Bill Text: HI HB245 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [HB245 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB245-Amended.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
H.D. 1 |
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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 302A-803, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) In addition to establishing standards for the issuance and renewal of licenses and any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board's powers shall also include:
(1) Setting
and administering its own budget;
(2) Adopting,
amending, or repealing the rules of the board in accordance with chapter 91;
(3) Receiving
grants or donations from private foundations, and state and federal funds;
(4) Submitting
an annual report to the governor, the legislature, and the board of education
on the board's operations and expenditures, and from the 2007-2008 school year, submitting a summary report
every five years of the board's accomplishment of objectives, efforts to
improve or maintain teacher quality, and efforts to keep its operations
responsive and efficient;
(5) Conducting
a cyclical review of standards and suggesting revisions for their improvement;
(6) Establishing
licensing fees in accordance with chapter 91 and determining the manner by
which fees are collected and subsequently deposited into the state treasury and
credited to the Hawaii teacher standards board special fund;
(7) Establishing
penalties in accordance with chapter 91;
(8) Issuing,
renewing, forfeiting, restoring, conditioning, revoking, suspending, and
reinstating licenses;
(9) Developing
criteria for a full career and technical education license, limited to career
and technical education teaching assignments, allowing qualified individuals
with at least an associate's degree, coursework, industry experience, and
content expertise to teach;
(10) Reviewing
reports from the department and commission on individuals hired on an emergency
basis;
(11) Applying
licensing standards on a case-by-case basis and conducting licensing
evaluations;
(12) Preparing
and disseminating teacher licensing information to schools and operational
personnel;
(13) Approving
teacher preparation programs;
(14) Establishing
policies and procedures for approving alternative pathways to teaching;
(15) Administering
reciprocity agreements with other states relative to licensing;
(16) Conducting
research and development on teacher licensure systems, beginning teacher
programs, the assessment of teaching skills, and other related topics;
(17) Participating
in efforts relating to teacher quality issues, professional development related
to the board's standards, and promotion of high teacher standards and
accomplished teaching;
(18) Adopting
applicable rules and procedures; [and]
(19) Adopting,
amending, repealing, or suspending the policies and standards of the board[.];
and
(20) Approving professional development courses and programs necessary for teacher reclassification pursuant to section 302A-618."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Hawaii Teacher Standards Board; Reclassification; Professional Development
Description:
Expands the powers of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to include approving professional development courses and programs necessary for teacher reclassification. (HB245 HD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
