Bill Text: HI SB49 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Education; Statutory Revision
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-26 - The conference committee deferred the measure. [SB49 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB49-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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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. In 2012, the legislature passed Act 133, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which sought to add clarity to or resolve conflicting or inconsistent language among different sections of law and to amend or repeal various sections of chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The purpose of this Act is to continue to amend or repeal various sections of chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that:
(1) Have been accomplished and are no longer necessary;
(2) Impede rather than assist the department of education in meeting its core mission;
(3) Fall under the purview of the board of education, such as policy, staffing, and programmatic decisions;
(4) Are mandated by federal law and do not require codification in state law; or
(5) Are covered by another section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, administrative rules, or board of education policy.
SECTION 2. Section 36-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Except as provided in this section, and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, from time to time, the director of finance, for the purpose of defraying the prorated estimate of central service expenses of government in relation to all special funds, except the:
(1) Special out-of-school time instructional program fund under section 302A-1310;
(2) School cafeteria special funds of the department of education;
(3) Special funds of the University of Hawaii;
(4) State educational facilities improvement special fund;
(5) Convention center enterprise special fund under section 201B-8;
(6) Special funds established by section 206E-6;
(7) Housing loan program revenue bond special fund;
(8) Housing project bond special fund;
(9) Aloha Tower fund created by section 206J-17;
(10) Funds of the employees' retirement system created by section 88-109;
(11) Unemployment compensation fund established under section 383-121;
(12) Hawaii hurricane relief fund established under chapter 431P;
(13) Hawaii health systems corporation special funds and the subaccounts of its regional system boards;
(14) Tourism special fund established under section 201B-11;
(15) Universal service fund established under section 269-42;
(16) Emergency and budget reserve fund under section 328L-3;
(17) Public schools special fees and charges fund under section 302A-1130;
(18) Sport fish special fund under section 187A-9.5;
(19) Glass advance disposal fee established by section 342G-82;
(20) Center for nursing special fund under section 304A-2163;
(21) Passenger facility charge special fund established by section 261-5.5;
(22) Court interpreting services revolving fund under section 607-1.5;
(23) Hawaii cancer research special fund;
(24) Community health centers special fund;
(25) Emergency medical services special fund;
(26) Rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund established under section 261-5.6;
(27) Shared services technology special fund under
section 27-43; [and]
(28) Automated victim information and notification
system special fund established under section 353-136[,];
(29) Hawaii 3R's school repair and maintenance fund under section 302A-1502.4; and
(30) After-school plus program revolving fund under section 302A-1149.5,
shall deduct five per cent of all receipts of all special funds, which deduction shall be transferred to the general fund of the State and become general realizations of the State. All officers of the State and other persons having power to allocate or disburse any special funds shall cooperate with the director in effecting these transfers. To determine the proper revenue base upon which the central service assessment is to be calculated, the director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 for the purpose of suspending or limiting the application of the central service assessment of any fund. No later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the director shall report all central service assessments made during the preceding fiscal year."
SECTION 3. Section 36-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§36-32 State educational facilities improvement special fund. (a) There is created in the treasury of the State the state educational facilities improvement special fund, into which shall be deposited a portion of all general excise tax revenues collected by the department of taxation under section 237-31. The special fund shall be used solely to plan, design, acquire lands for, and to construct public school facilities and to provide equipment and technology infrastructure to improve public schools and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the department of education, except public libraries. In addition, activities of the department of education intended to eliminate the gap between the facility needs of schools and available resources shall be eligible for funding from the special fund. Expenditures from the special fund shall be limited to projects authorized by the legislature and shall be subject to sections 37-31, and 37-33 through 37-40. Appropriations or authorizations from the special fund shall be expended by the superintendent of education.
(b) There is established within the state educational facilities improvement special fund a separate account, to be known as the lease payments for schools account, for lease payments required by financing agreements entered into by the department of education pursuant to this section and sections 37D-2 and 302A-1506. The lease payments for schools account shall be funded by legislative appropriations and expended by the superintendent of education. Expenditures from the lease payments for schools account shall be exempt from chapters 103 and 103D and are restricted to lease payments on new schools included within the department of education's current six year capital improvement programs and for which:
(1) The legislature adopted a concurrent resolution directing the department of education to:
(A) Build a new school in a specific geographic area using the design-build method; and
(B) Pursue the use of a financing agreement to build the new school; or
(2) The legislature appropriated planning and design funds and specified that the remainder of the costs necessary to complete the project are eligible for funding through a financing agreement;
provided that any school to which the legislature
has appropriated planning and design funds prior to July 1, 2007 and for which
a private developer is willing to enter into a lease-purchase agreement with
the department of education within twelve months of July 1, 2007 is exempt from
the requirements of [[]paragraphs[]] (1) and (2).
[(c) The department of education shall
submit an annual report to the legislature that shall include a financial
statement of the special fund, the lease payments for schools account
established under subsection (b), and the status of projects undertaken
pursuant to this section, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of
each regular session.]"
SECTION 4. Section 36-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§36-36 School physical plant operations and maintenance account; maintenance schedule. (a) There is created in the state general fund under EDN 400 (school support) the school physical plant operations and maintenance account, into which shall be deposited all legislative appropriations to the account.
The moneys in the account shall be used solely for school repairs and preventive maintenance projects scheduled after June 30, 2001. Expenditures from the account shall be subject to sections 37-31 and 37-33 to 37-40. Based on the prioritization approved by the department of education, appropriations or authorizations from the account shall be expended by the superintendent of education.
(b) Every school facility newly constructed or renovated after June 30, 2001, shall include a preventive maintenance schedule prepared by the architect or engineer of the facility or the capital improvement project. The maintenance schedule shall include:
(1) A description of each major component of a facility or capital improvement project and the component's maintenance;
(2) The starting date of each maintenance project;
(3) The current, future, and any recurring cost of each maintenance project;
(4) The useful life of the facility or capital improvement project;
(5) The present value of the cost of normally scheduled maintenance over the useful life of the facility;
(6) The adjusted life of the facility or capital improvement project; and
(7) The replacement date of the facility or capital improvement project.
(c) Moneys in physical plant operations and maintenance account shall be allocated according to departmental school districts based on:
(1) Estimated preventive and scheduled maintenance costs that reflect the age and condition of existing school facilities in the State in the following categories: re-roofing, electrical, athletic facilities, re-surfacing, equipment, exterior painting, plumbing, structural integrity, termite ground treatment, termite tent treatment, interior painting, air conditioning change out, and re-carpeting; and
(2) Budgeted recurring maintenance, health and safety requirements, and legal mandates.
(d) The expenditure of funds made under this Act for any project with an estimated total cost of less than $100,000 shall be exempt from section 464-4; provided that:
(1) The superintendent of education shall develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods, services, and construction, consistent with the goals of public accountability and public procurement practices, subject to chapter 103D;
(2) Insofar as is practical, and based on specifications developed, adequate and reasonable competition of no fewer than three quotations shall be solicited for each project based on rules adopted by the superintendent of education;
(3) Considering all factors, including quality, warranty, and delivery, the award shall be made to the vendor with the most advantageous quotation;
(4) The procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided or parceled so as to avoid competitive bidding or competitive proposals; and
(5) Formal design for projects shall be done when there is a clear need to preserve structural integrity, health and safety, or to clearly communicate construction requirements.
[(e) The superintendent of education shall
submit an annual report to the legislature, which shall include a financial
statement of the account and the status of school repair and preventive
maintenance projects undertaken pursuant to this section, no later than twenty
days prior to the convening of each regular session. The department of
education shall post the following reports electronically on the Internet and
update them quarterly:
(1) Expenditures for school repair and
preventive maintenance projects undertaken pursuant to this section, shall be
posted within thirty days of each project's completion; and
(2) A list of each school's repair and
maintenance needs to be undertaken.]"
SECTION 5. Section 302A-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Attend" or "attendance" means a student is physically present in school after enrollment.
"Enroll" or "enrollment" means a student has met all of the department's requirements for entrance and is formally put on a school's roll.
"License" means a license issued by the Hawaii teacher standards board to indicate the subject area and grade level for which a teacher has met all licensure requirements and is qualified to teach, and that authorizes the licensee to teach in the State. This definition shall not apply to the term "license" as it is used in sections 302A-425, 302A-426, and 302A-427."
SECTION 6. Section 302A-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§302A-102[]] Smoking
prohibited[; exception]. [(a)] All public schools within the
State, from kindergarten through grade twelve, shall prohibit the use of
tobacco at public schools or at public school functions.
[(b) The department shall provide affected
public employees with breaks throughout the work day during which they may
smoke at locations off-campus. The number and duration of such breaks shall be
subject to collective bargaining.
(c) The department shall provide a smoking
cessation program for public employees who are interested in participating;
provided that issues relating to the costs of the program shall be subject to
collective bargaining.
(d) This section shall not be subject to
part II of chapter 328K.]"
SECTION 7. Section 302A-603, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Beginning with the 1997-1998 school
year, whoever serves in the department as a teacher, paid under the salary
schedule contained in the unit 5 collective bargaining agreement, without
holding an unrevoked or unsuspended license or [credential] certificate
issued under sections 302A-801 to 302A-808, shall be fined not more than $500."
SECTION 8. Section 302A-605, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-605 Principals and
vice-principals. [(a)] Principals and vice-principals shall
meet the department's certification requirements [and shall have at least
five years of appropriate school-level experience, including at least three
years as a teacher, or equivalent experience, as determined by the department].
[(b) Vice-principals shall meet the
department's certification requirements and shall have appropriate school-level
or equivalent experience, as determined by the department.
(c) The department shall establish
alternative routes to certification for principals and vice-principals pursuant
to rules adopted under chapter 91.
(d) For purposes of this section,
"alternative routes to certification" has the same meaning as
determined by United States Department of Education regulations for state
applications for Race to the Top fund allocations under section 14001 of the
federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended.]"
SECTION 9. Section 302A-1004, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1004 Educational accountability system; annual reports. (a) The department shall implement a comprehensive system of educational accountability to motivate and support the improved performance of students and the education system. This accountability system shall:
(1) Include student accountability; school or collective accountability; individual professional accountability for teachers, principals, and other employees; and public accounting to parents, community members, businesses, higher education, media, and political leadership;
(2) Link authority and resources to responsibility;
(3) Define clear roles for all parties and lines of responsibility and mutual obligation and develop a collaborative process with stakeholders, including representatives of appropriate bargaining units, parents, administration, and students;
(4) Assess and track measures of academic achievement, safety and well-being, and civic responsibility of individual students at selected grade levels and report trend data on these measures over time annually;
(5) Invoke a full and balanced set of appropriate consequences for observed performance, including rewards and recognition for those schools that meet or exceed their goals, assistance to those that fall short, and sanctions for those that, given adequate assistance and ample time, continue to fail to meet goals;
(6) Involve an annual statewide assessment program that provides a report card containing trend data on school, school complex, and system performance at selected benchmark grade levels with performance indicators in areas relating to student achievement, safety and well-being, and civic responsibility. These performance indicators shall include but not be limited to:
(A) Student performance relative to statewide content and performance standards; and
(B) School attendance and dropout rates;
(7) Require that teachers and administrators engage in the continuous professional growth and development that ensure their currency with respect to disciplinary content, leadership skill, knowledge, or pedagogical skill, as appropriate to their position. This requirement may be established by the department in terms of credit hours earned or their equivalent in professional development activity certified by the department as appropriate in focus and rigor;
(8) Establish an explicit link between professional evaluation results and individual accountability through professional development of the knowledge, skill, and professional behavior necessary to the position, by requiring that results of the professional evaluation be used by the department to prescribe professional development focus and content, as appropriate;
(9) Include an annual statewide fiscal accountability program, which includes a published report card that contains trend data on school, school complex, and systemwide plans and results, including:
(A) Amounts allocated;
(B) Amounts expended;
(C) Amounts carried over; and
(D) Any significant changes to the budget, with an explanation for the change; and
(10) Include an evaluation of the effectiveness of complex area superintendents and principals in supporting:
(A) Students' academic achievement, safety and
well-being, and civic responsibility; [and]
(B) The satisfaction of stakeholders affected by the work of the complex area superintendents and principals, which may be measured by broadbased surveys; and
(C) Fiscal accountability.
[(b) The department shall submit to the
legislature, the governor, and the board of education at least twenty days
prior to the convening of each regular legislative session a report of the
specifics of the implementation of the comprehensive accountability system, as
well as the fiscal requirements and legislative actions necessary to maintain
and improve the accountability system.
(c) The department shall submit to the
legislature and to the governor, at least twenty days prior to the convening of
each regular session, an educational status report that includes but is not
limited to the following:
(1) Results of school-by-school assessments
of educational outcomes;
(2) Summaries of each school's standards
implementation design;
(3) Summary descriptions of the demographic
makeup of the schools, with indications of the range of these conditions among
schools within Hawaii;
(4) Comparisons of conditions affecting
Hawaii's schools with the conditions of schools in other states;
(5) Other such assessments as may be deemed
appropriate by the board; and
(6) Any other reports required by this
section.
(d)] (b) The department shall
provide electronic access to computer-based financial management, student
information, and other information systems to the legislature and the auditor.
The department shall submit to the legislature and to the governor, at least
twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, a school-by-school
expenditure report that includes but is not limited to the following:
(1) The financial analysis of expenditures by the department with respect to the following areas:
(A) Instruction, including face-to-face teaching, and classroom materials;
(B) Instructional support, including pupil, teacher, and program support;
(C) Operations, including non-instructional pupil services, facilities, and business services;
(D) Other commitments, including contingencies, capital improvement projects, out-of-district obligations, and legal obligations; and
(E) Leadership, including school management, program and operations management, and district management; and
(2) The measures of accuracy, efficiency, and productivity of the department, districts, and schools in delivering resources to the classroom and the student.
[(e)] (c) The superintendent of
education is responsible for the development and implementation of an
educational accountability system. The system shall include consequences and
shall be designed through a collaborative process involving stakeholders that
shall include parents, community members, the respective exclusive
representatives, as well as others deemed appropriate by the superintendent.
For the purposes of this section, negotiations under chapter 89 shall be between the superintendent or the superintendent's designee and the respective exclusive representative, and shall be limited to the impact on personnel arising from the superintendent's decision in implementing the educational accountability system. After the initial agreement is negotiated, provisions on the impact of the accountability on personnel may be reopened only upon mutual agreement of the parties."
SECTION 10. Section 302A-1114, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1114 Power of appointment,
removal. The department, from time to time, may appoint and remove such
teachers, educational officers, and other personnel as may be necessary for
carrying out the purposes of sections 302A-201, 302A-401 to 302A-410, [302A-1001]
302A-1002 to 302A-1004, 302A-1101 to 302A-1122, 302A-1301 to 302A-1305,
302A-1401 to 302A-1403, and 302A-1503 to 302A-1506, and regulate their duties,
powers, and responsibilities, when not otherwise provided by law."
SECTION 11. Section 302A-1124, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) Unless otherwise specified, each school community council shall establish policies governing the council's composition, election, staggered terms of office for members, operation, and vacancies; provided that:
(1) The number of school personnel [[]on[]]
any school community council shall be equal to the number of primary
stakeholders on the school community council;
(2) At the elementary and middle school levels, each school community council shall be composed of the principal and at least one member representing each of the following groups:
(A) Parents elected by ballots distributed among and collected from the parents of the school’s students;
(B) Teachers elected by ballots distributed among and collected from teachers of the school;
(C) Noncertificated school personnel elected by ballots distributed among and collected from noncertificated personnel of the school; and
(D) Community representatives elected by
ballots distributed among and collected from parents of the school's students;
[and
(E) Student representatives selected
by the student council of the school; and]
(3) At the elementary and middle school levels, each school community council may allow for student representatives selected by the student council of the school; and
[(3)] (4) At the high school level, each
school community council shall be composed of the principal and at least one
member representing each of the following groups:
(A) Parents elected by ballots distributed among and collected from parents of the school’s students;
(B) Teachers elected by ballots distributed among and collected from teachers of the school;
(C) Noncertificated school personnel elected by ballots distributed among and collected from noncertificated personnel of the school;
(D) Community representatives elected by ballots distributed among and collected from the parents of the school's students; and
(E) Student representatives selected by the student council of the school.
For the purposes of this subsection, "primary stakeholders" means students, parents, and community members."
SECTION 12. Section 302A-1145, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§302A-1145[]]
Transfer to another school. No school shall receive any child under
eighteen years of age, who has attended another school of the same class in the
same district, unless the child produces to the school to be [entered,] enrolled,
a certificate of release of the school last attended by the child. If the
child applies to attend a school of higher grade, a certificate of proficiency
shall be required or a lawful excuse for its absence. The children from one [district]
service area desiring to enter a school in another [district] service
area may be received or admitted upon producing a certificate of release
from the school last attended in the other district."
SECTION 13. Section 302A-1154, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the title to read as follows:
"§302A-1154 Immunization upon [entering]
attending school; tuberculosis clearance."
SECTION 14. Section 302A-1155, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1155 Provisional [entrance]
attendance to school. (a) A child may [enter] attend
school provisionally upon submitting written documentation from a licensed
physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or an
authorized representative of the department of health stating that the child is
in the process of receiving the required immunizations. Further documentation
showing that the required immunizations have been completed shall be submitted
to the appropriate school official no later than three months after the child
first [entered] attended the school. If all of the required
immunizations cannot be completed within three months due to the length of the
minimum intervals between doses of a particular vaccine required by the
department of health, provisional [admission] attendance may be
extended so long as the child's parent or guardian provides documentation that
appointments for required immunizations have been made and that progress toward
completing the immunizations continues in accordance with the requirements of
the department of health.
(b) Provisional [entrance to] attendance
at school may be suspended by the department of health when there is danger
of an epidemic from any of the communicable diseases for which immunization is
required."
SECTION 15. Section 302A-1159, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1159 Physical examination
required. No child shall [be admitted to] attend any school
for the first time in the State unless the child presents to the appropriate
school official a report from a licensed physician or advanced practice
registered nurse of the results of a physical examination performed within a
year of the date of [entry into] attendance at school. A child
may [enter] attend school provisionally upon submitting written
documentation from a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
other authorized representative of the department of health stating that the
child is in the process of undergoing a physical examination. Further
documentation showing that the required physical examination has been completed
shall be submitted to the appropriate school official no later than three
months after the child first [entered] attended the school."
SECTION 16. Section 302A-1161, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1161 Notification for
noncompliance. If a child does not complete the immunizations required
under section 302A-1154 or the physical examination required under section
302A-1159 within the period provided by section 302A-1155 after provisional [entry
into] attendance at school, the administrator of the school shall
cause a notice to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child stating that
if the required immunizations or physical examination is not completed within
thirty days of the date of the notice, the child shall not be [admitted]
permitted to attend school."
SECTION 17. Section 302A-1301, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1301 School system financial accountability. (a) Beginning with the 1995-1997 fiscal biennium, the department's administrative expenditures shall not exceed 6.5 per cent of the total department operating budget, excluding expenditures for agencies administratively attached to the department, unless approved by the legislature.
(b) Not less than seventy per cent of
appropriations for the total budget of the department, excluding debt service
and capital improvement programs[,] and appropriations for agencies
administratively attached to the department, shall be expended by
principals."
SECTION 18. Section 302A-1312, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1312 Six-year program and
financial plan for school repair and maintenance. [(a)] The
department of education shall prepare a six-year program and financial plan for
school repair and maintenance that shall be:
(1) Based on:
(A) Estimated preventive and scheduled maintenance costs;
(B) Budgeted recurring maintenance;
(C) Health and safety requirements; and
(D) Legal mandates;
(2) Insofar as is practical, prepared in accordance with the principles and procedures contained in section 514A-83.6 or 514B-148; and
(3) Submitted initially to the legislature not less than thirty days prior to the convening of the 2002 regular session, with annual funding requirements for the physical plant operations and maintenance account submitted not less than thirty days prior to the convening of the 2002 regular session and each regular session thereafter;
provided that the governor may incorporate the six-year program and financial plan required by this subsection into the six-year program and financial plan required by section 37-69, if the plan required by this subsection is incorporated without reductions or restrictions.
[(b) The department of education shall
develop and maintain a facilities physical analysis report and a facilities
financial analysis report for each public school. These reports shall be
posted electronically on the Internet.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the
superintendent of education shall develop and implement appropriate planning
procedures and follow-up accountability reports to ensure sound planning,
control, and accountability in the use of moneys allocated by the legislature.
The department of education shall submit an annual report to the legislature
that shall include:
(1) List of projects initiated by the
department of education; and
(2) List of projects completed with
associated actual cost.]"
SECTION 19. Section 302A-1504.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the school-level minor repairs and maintenance special fund, into which shall be deposited all moneys collected pursuant to section 235-102.5(b), and any other moneys received by the department in the form of grants and donations for school-level minor repairs and maintenance. The special fund shall be administered by the department and used to fund school-level minor repairs and maintenance. The department shall transfer moneys collected pursuant to section 235-102.5(b), and any other moneys received in the form of grants and donations for school-level minor repairs and maintenance, to the Hawaii 3R's school repair and maintenance fund established pursuant to section 302A-1502.4."
SECTION 20. Section 302A-601.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["[§302A-601.5] Employees of the department of education and teacher
trainees in any public school; criminal history record checks. (a) The department of education, including the
Hawaii state public library system, shall develop procedures for obtaining
verifiable information regarding the criminal history of persons who are
employed or seeking employment in any position, including teacher trainees,
that places them in close proximity to children. These procedures shall
include criminal history record checks in accordance with section 846-2.7.
Information obtained pursuant to this subsection
shall be used exclusively by the employer or prospective employer for the
purpose of determining whether a person is suitable for working in close
proximity to children. All such decisions shall be subject to applicable
federal laws and regulations currently or hereafter in effect.
(b) The employer or prospective employer may
refuse to employ, and may:
(1) Refuse
to issue a teaching or other educational certificate;
(2) Revoke the teaching or other
educational certificate;
(3) Refuse to allow or continue to allow
teacher training; or
(4) Terminate
the employment of any employee or deny employment to an applicant,
if the person has been convicted of a crime, and
if the employer or prospective employer finds by reason of the nature and
circumstances of the crime that the person poses a risk to the health, safety,
or well-being of children. Refusal, revocation, or termination may occur only
after appropriate investigation and notification to the employee or applicant
for employment of results and planned action, and after the employee or
applicant for employment is given an opportunity to meet and rebut the
finding. Nothing in this subsection shall abrogate any applicable appeal
rights under chapters 76 or 89, or administrative regulation of the department
of education.
(c) This section shall not be used by the
department to secure criminal history record checks on persons who have been
employed continuously by the department, including the state public library
system, on a salaried basis prior to July 1, 1990.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, for purposes of this section, the department of education, including
the Hawaii state public library system, shall be exempt from section 831-3.1
and need not conduct investigations, notifications, or hearings under this
section in accordance with chapter 91."]
SECTION 21. Section 302A-602, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["§302A-602 Teachers; licenses and
certificates. (a) No person shall serve as a teacher in the
department without first having obtained a license from the Hawaii teacher
standards board in such form as the Hawaii teacher standards board determines.
The department shall establish types of certificates in the educational field
and the requirements to qualify for those certificates issued to individuals
who are not required to obtain a license pursuant to sections 302A-801 to
302A-808.
(b) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school
year, no person paid under the salary schedule contained in the unit 5
collective bargaining agreement shall serve as a teacher in the department
without first having obtained a license pursuant to sections 302A-801 to
302A-808 from the Hawaii teacher standards board in such form as the Hawaii
teacher standards board determines.
(c) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school
year, the department may employ unlicensed individuals as emergency hires
pursuant to sections 302A-801 to 302A-808."]
SECTION 22. Section 302A-602.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["§302A-602.5 Certificates;
revocation. The department may revoke any certificate after its
issuance if the certificate holder does not possess the requisite
qualifications. For the purposes of this section, the term
"certificate" does not include a license issued by the Hawaii teacher
standards board pursuant to part III, subpart D."]
SECTION 23. Section 302A-603, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["§302A-603 Teaching without
certificates or licenses; penalty. (a) Except as otherwise
provided, before the 1997-1998 school year, whoever serves in the department as
a teacher without holding an unrevoked certificate issued under sections
302A-602 to 302A-639, and 302A-701, shall be fined not more than $25.
(b) Beginning with the 1997-1998 school
year, whoever serves in the department as a teacher, paid under the salary
schedule contained in the unit 5 collective bargaining agreement, without
holding an unrevoked or unsuspended license or credential issued under sections
302A-801 to 302A-808, shall be fined not more than $500.
(c) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school
year, an individual paid under the salary schedule contained in the unit 5
collective bargaining agreement, without holding an unrevoked license issued
under sections 302A-801 to 302A-808, shall be fined not more than $500.
(d) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school
year, emergency hires shall not be subject to this penalty."]
SECTION 24. Section 302A-1001, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["[§302A-1001] Student bias.
No person in the State, on the basis of sex, shall be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any educational or recreational program or activity receiving state or
county financial assistance or utilizing state or county facilities."]
SECTION 25. Section 302A-1103, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["§302A-1103 Principal;
authority and responsibility. The role of the principal shall include but
not be limited to overseeing the day-to-day management of the school, the
primary function of which is to develop and deliver instructional services to
students in accordance with statewide educational policy and to enable students
to meet or exceed statewide academic standards. The principal shall:
(1) Ensure that the curriculum facilitates
the achievement of the statewide student performance standards adopted for the
public school system;
(2) Develop and present to the school
community council for its review and approval, academic and financial plans
relating to the school;
(3) Exercise authority over the
implementation of the budget, policies, and operations of the school; and
(4) Collaborate with other principals in
the principal's school complex to ensure that:
(A) Logical, sequential curricula
are adopted within the school complex;
(B) Best practices are shared among
and implemented by schools within the school complex;
(C) The goals and objectives of the
school complex are being met;
(D) The use of school complex-based
personnel and contractors who divide their time between more than one school in
a school complex is coordinated to maximize efficiency; and
(E) The passage of students through
the continuum of grades is coordinated in a manner consistent with section
302A-1004."]
SECTION 26. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 27. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050; provided that the amendments made to section 36-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by section 2 of this Act shall not be repealed when section 36-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is reenacted pursuant to section 34 of Act 79, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009.
Report Title:
Education; Housekeeping
Description:
Amends or repeals various provisions of Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for housekeeping and other purposes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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