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HI HB961

Bill

Status

Passed

5/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jenna Takenouchi

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a two-year pilot program within the Department of Education to deploy 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) certified librarians providing rotating support services to one school complex on Oahu and one on a neighbor island.

  • Appropriates $132,308 for each fiscal year (2025-2026 and 2026-2027), allocated as $66,154 per librarian position.

  • Requires the Department of Education to submit reports to the legislature no later than twenty days before the regular sessions of 2026 and 2027, with findings, recommendations, and a determination on whether to extend the pilot program.

  • Pilot program terminates on June 30, 2027.

  • Takes effect on July 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Relating To Education.

Appropriations ($)

Last Action

Act 135, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235).

5/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means3/19/2025
Education3/4/2025
Finance2/12/2025
Education1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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