H.B. 1204 Summary

• Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii, covering tuition costs for students pursuing bachelor's degrees in education who are Hawaii residents.

• Scholarship recipients must commit to teaching in a public school classroom of the Department of Education or a Hawaii public charter school for not more than seven years within ten years of graduation and licensure.

• Recipients who fail to maintain satisfactory academic progress, do not receive an education degree, or fail to complete the required teaching service commitment must repay the full scholarship amount received.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenues to the University of Hawaii for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 for program implementation, with an unspecified annual cap on total scholarship awards.

• Act takes effect June 30, 3000 (note: date appears to be a typographical error in the bill text).