Bill Text: HI HB248 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Early Learning.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-13 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, McDermott, Nakamura, Ward excused (4). [HB248 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB248-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program requires the support of an institutional analyst to:
(1) Oversee evaluation of the program's child outcomes, teacher-student interactions, and coordination of professional learning sessions;
(2) Provide information, guidelines, and technical assistance, including training related to the assessment tools and communication platforms;
(3) Collect, review, analyze, monitor, and report data for the program, including student data, staff qualification and stability data, and professional learning support data;
(4) Assist in coordination, preparation, and review of policies, guidelines, and procedures related to the implementation of the program; and
(5) Plan, direct, and coordinate the application process for the program as well as communicate and coordinate the application process with schools.
The legislature further finds that the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program also requires an office assistant to provide administrative support for the program. The office assistant will be responsible for tasks such as:
(1) Performing intake and tracking applications;
(2) Preparing purchase orders for materials and supplies required for program staff to provide support to schools;
(3) Preparing the necessary paperwork for travel and making travel arrangements for the educational specialist and early learning resource teachers;
(4) Securing meeting rooms for the early learning induction program and early learning academy sessions; and
(5) Preparing materials for the early learning induction program and early learning academy sessions.
The legislature further finds that the educational specialist for the executive office on early learning has taken on many collateral responsibilities and therefore cannot accomplish the specialist's primary responsibility to provide the direct support schools need in order to implement the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program. The department of education has traditionally served the kindergarten through grade 12 population. As a result, the schools have not yet developed, or are still developing, the knowledge and experience needed to appropriately serve prekindergarten-aged children. The educational specialist, who is required to have a master's degree in early childhood education, fills a large need for the schools, school leadership, teachers, educational assistants, and their students. To address the demands of this current workload, especially with the recent expansion of the program to more schools, the educational specialist requires the assistance of an institutional analyst and office assistant.
The purpose of this Act is to support the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program by appropriating funds to the executive office on early learning for additional operational costs for the program, including personnel and associated equipment and furniture costs.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 to the executive office on early learning for additional operational costs for the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program, which shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $
for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $
for fiscal year 2020-2021 for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) institutional
analyst I position; and
(2) $ for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $ for fiscal year 2020-2021 for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) office assistant IV position.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the executive office on early learning for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Executive Office on Early Learning; Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program; Staff Positions; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to support the Executive Office on Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program by appropriating funds to the Executive Office on Early Learning for additional personnel costs. (HB248 HD1)
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