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HI HB1092
Bill
Status
1/25/2017
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Souki
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Public School Innovation Grants Program within the Department of Education under the direction of the Board of Education to support school-level innovation aligned with the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.
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Requires the Board of Education to annually adopt guiding principles, develop requests for proposals, publish grant information, create an 11-member review committee (including board members, teachers, principals, and parents representing all counties), and award grants to schools reflecting innovation potential.
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Mandates the Board submit annual reports to the legislature beginning in 2019 detailing grant recipients, amounts awarded, descriptions of supported innovations, and measures of success.
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Establishes the Public School Innovation Grants Special Fund to receive legislative appropriations and investment earnings, with moneys used solely for innovation grants to schools demonstrating knowledge transfer potential.
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Appropriates funds from general revenues to the special fund for fiscal year 2017-2018 and from the special fund to the innovation grants program (amounts to be determined).
Legislative Description
Relating To Public School Innovation Grants.
Appropriation ($)
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).
2/17/2017