HI SB249

Exempts the Department of Education from certain statewide local food purchasing benchmarks (10% by 2025, 18% by 2030, 26% by 2035) that apply to other state agencies including the Department of Health, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of Defense, and University of Hawaii system

Maintains the Department of Education's separate, higher requirement to source 30% of food from local agricultural products by January 1, 2030, under a distinct statute (Section 302A-405.6)

Preserves escalating local food purchasing requirements for non-DOE state agencies: 34% by 2040, 42% by 2045, and 50% by 2050

Aligns terminology and clarifies that the DOE's 30% goal applies specifically to "fresh local agricultural products and local value-added processed, agricultural, or food products" measured by percentage of total food cost

Takes effect July 1, 2050