Bill Text: HI HCR180 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Department of Education; Overcrowding; Public Schools; Kapolei, Ewa, and Waipahu

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-28 - Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663). [HCR180 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HCR180-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	180
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO CREATE A PLAN to ADDRESS OVERCROWDING IN public schools in KAPOLEI, EWA, AND WAIPAHU.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, Kapolei, Ewa, and Waipahu are some of the fastest-growing communities on Oahu and in the state as a whole; and

 

     WHEREAS, large numbers of young families with school-aged children are moving to Kapolei, Ewa, and Waipahu because of the relatively more-affordable housing in these areas; and

 

     WHEREAS, student enrollment is projected to increase at public schools in Kapolei, Ewa, and Waipahu; and

 

     WHEREAS, when overcrowding at public schools occurs, it adversely affects both teaching conditions for teachers and learning conditions for students; and

 

     WHEREAS, because of overcrowding, there are reports of public school teachers who must teach classes that are startlingly large in size; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature appropriated $10,000,000 as a lump sum to the Department of Education to address overcrowding in public schools; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to establish a task force to address overcrowding in public schools in Kapolei, Ewa, and Waipahu; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following individuals are requested to serve as members of the task force:

     (1)  A member of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House;

 

     (2)  A member of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

 

     (3)  The Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, or the Chairperson's designee;

 

     (4)  The Acting Director of the Office of Planning, or the Acting Director's designee; and

 

     (5)  The Superintendent of Education, or the Superintendent's designee; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than December 20, 2016; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is requested to prepare the report and provide any necessary staff to assist the task force in its work; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force should cease to exist on June 30, 2017; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and Acting Director of the Office of Planning.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Department of Education; Overcrowding; Public Schools; Kapolei, Ewa, and Waipahu