RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Summary
Requires the auditor to perform an annual operational audit of the academic and financial plans of the department of education. Requires the department of education to contract with a third-party consultant that specializes in school finance to study the adequacy of education funding in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2021
Last action Dec 10, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
6
Feb 19, 2021
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Kong, Matayoshi excused (3).
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Committee
Reported from LMG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 595), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) D. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Belatti, Morikawa, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Committee
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 157) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LMG.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kapela, Belatti, DeCoite, Ganaden, Gates, Hashimoto, Quinlan, Takayama, Yamane, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno.
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to EDN, LMG, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Saiki
DDemocratic
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