Hawaii 2025 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1390 Amended / Bill

Filed 02/18/2025

                    THE SENATE   S.B. NO.   1390     THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025   S.D. 1     STATE OF HAWAII                                A BILL FOR AN ACT     RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:   

THE SENATE S.B. NO. 1390
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1390

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the department of education is responsible for submitting out an annual computer science legislative report by June 30 every year.  However, the department of education has recommended the inclusion of quarter four computer science data from the schools in the report, and the current June 30 due date prohibits the inclusion of that data.  Thus, the department of education prefers to delay the due date for the report to the end of the calendar year to provide a more robust computer science report.      Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to change the due date of the department of education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.      SECTION 2.  Section 302A-323, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:      "(e)  By [June 30, 2022,] October 31, 2025, and by each [June 30] October 31 thereafter, the superintendent shall submit to the board and legislature a report of the computer science courses and computer science content offered during the previous school year at the schools in each complex area.  The report shall include:      (1)  The names and course codes of the computer science courses offered at each school;      (2)  The number and percentage of students enrolled in each computer science course and computer science content, disaggregated by:           (A)  Gender;           (B)  Race and ethnicity;           (C)  Special education status, including students eligible for special education under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;           (D)  English language learner status;           (E)  Eligibility for the free and reduced price lunch program; and           (F)  Grade level;           provided that if a category contains one to five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of another category that contains one to five students to be determined, the number of students shall be replaced with a symbol indicating that one to five students fulfilled that particular category;      (3)  The names and course codes of the courses containing computer science content and a description of the computer science standards and content that are covered by those courses; and      (4)  The number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:           (A)  Any applicable certification;           (B)  Gender;           (C)  Race and ethnicity; and           (D)  Highest academic degree earned."      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the department of education is responsible for submitting out an annual computer science legislative report by June 30 every year.  However, the department of education has recommended the inclusion of quarter four computer science data from the schools in the report, and the current June 30 due date prohibits the inclusion of that data.  Thus, the department of education prefers to delay the due date for the report to the end of the calendar year to provide a more robust computer science report.

     Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to change the due date of the department of education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-323, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  By [June 30, 2022,] October 31, 2025, and by each [June 30] October 31 thereafter, the superintendent shall submit to the board and legislature a report of the computer science courses and computer science content offered during the previous school year at the schools in each complex area.  The report shall include:

     (1)  The names and course codes of the computer science courses offered at each school;

     (2)  The number and percentage of students enrolled in each computer science course and computer science content, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Gender;

          (B)  Race and ethnicity;

          (C)  Special education status, including students eligible for special education under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;

          (D)  English language learner status;

          (E)  Eligibility for the free and reduced price lunch program; and

          (F)  Grade level;

          provided that if a category contains one to five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of another category that contains one to five students to be determined, the number of students shall be replaced with a symbol indicating that one to five students fulfilled that particular category;

     (3)  The names and course codes of the courses containing computer science content and a description of the computer science standards and content that are covered by those courses; and

     (4)  The number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Any applicable certification;

          (B)  Gender;

          (C)  Race and ethnicity; and

          (D)  Highest academic degree earned."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

         Report Title: DOE; Computer Science; Legislative Report; Due Date   Description: Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.  (SD1)       The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.   

 

 

 

Report Title:

DOE; Computer Science; Legislative Report; Due Date

 

Description:

Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.  (SD1)

 

 

 

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.