Authorizes public school complexes to develop rigorous classroom-based performance assessments, including the use of authentic assessments as part of classroom-based performance assessments. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Extends the school supply subsidy pilot program established pursuant to Act 142, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2022, for an additional two years. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Clarifies that the conviction of a crime by a person holding a license to practice professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the State, that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of the licensee constitutes a ground for disciplinary action by the State Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects. Allows the Board to suspend or revoke a convicted licensee's license or decline to reissue a license to a convicted licensee subject to certain conditions.
Requires the department of agriculture to include a statement on desecration laws in the plant and animal declaration form. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Establishes the water neutrality task force to develop a plan for Hawaiʻi to become water-neutral by the year 2050. Requires the task force to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to provide grants to qualified chicken and egg farmers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Provides funding for rental or lease of facilities under legislative appropriations and bond authorizations to the state public charter school commission for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school improvements. Appropriates general funds for infrastructure costs, rental or lease assistance, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure for charter schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop and implement a management system for Ka‘ena point state park, Makua, and Keawa‘ula regions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Creates a non-refundable income tax credit for taxpayers who engage in preservation efforts using native plants. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires the state auditor to conduct a performance and management audit of the ten agriculture parks operated by the agricultural resource management division of the department of agriculture.
