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HI SB2446

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/4/2014

Primary Sponsor

Michelle Kidani

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Board of Education to name the new public high school in Kihei, Maui, "Patsy Takemoto Mink High School" in honor of the late U.S. Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink.

  • Recognizes Representative Mink's accomplishments, including her role in spearheading Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which barred sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funding.

  • Acknowledges that Title IX was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity Education Act upon her death in September 2002.

  • References Act 134, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, which appropriated funds for planning, design, and construction of the new Kihei high school.

  • Effective date is July 1, 2050.

Legislative Description

Department of Education; Kihei High School; Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink

Last Action

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 28

3/6/2014

Committee Referrals

Education3/6/2014
Ways and Means2/13/2014
Education1/21/2014

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