Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1072 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 1072 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 1072
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13	13	THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
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43	43	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47	47	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that teachers understand their students' needs and tailor their classrooms to create an engaging and effective learning experience. Nationwide, teachers spend an average of five hundred dollars out-of-pocket on their classrooms each year. To alleviate the financial burden on teachers, the department of education is committed to providing funding for teacher-requested classroom supplies. The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to the department of education for teacher-requested classroom supplies. The department of education intends to engage in public-private partnerships focused on leveraging existing financial resources from both sectors, to provide teachers and students with project-based resources. SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $3,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 to carry out the purposes of this Act, including providing for teacher-requested classroom supplies. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2025. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________ BY REQUEST
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49	49	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that teachers understand their students' needs and tailor their classrooms to create an engaging and effective learning experience. Nationwide, teachers spend an average of five hundred dollars out-of-pocket on their classrooms each year. To alleviate the financial burden on teachers, the department of education is committed to providing funding for teacher-requested classroom supplies.
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51	51	The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to the department of education for teacher-requested classroom supplies. The department of education intends to engage in public-private partnerships focused on leveraging existing financial resources from both sectors, to provide teachers and students with project-based resources.
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53	53	SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $3,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 to carry out the purposes of this Act, including providing for teacher-requested classroom supplies.
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55	55	The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
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57	57	SECTION 3. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
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61	61	INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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74	74	Report Title: DOE; Education Supplies; Public-Private Partnerships; Appropriation Description: Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for teacher-requested classroom supplies for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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84	84	DOE; Education Supplies; Public-Private Partnerships; Appropriation
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90	90	Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for teacher-requested classroom supplies for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.
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98	98	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.