001foreign and welcome to the Joint senate committee on labor and technology and education today is Wednesday February 15th at three o'clock P.M we are in conference room 229 I'm Sharon moriwaki chair of the committee uh and with me Senator kizani the chair of the education committee um before proceeding with the hearing I'd like and her commitment and before proceeding I'd like to uh make a few housekeeping announcements the series being streamed live on YouTube you can find links to viewing options for all Senate meetings on live and on-demand video page of the legislature's website uh we are oh I don't have all the rest of it we are in this deferred decision making uh on Senate Bill 718 originally heard on Monday February 13th uh Senate Bill 718 relates to public employees it clarifies the
002teachers and other Personnel the state public charter schools are members of the same Collective bargain unit as the Department of Education counterparts uh in the in the last day I met with both the uh Chief negotiator and um the Attorney General's office and they have language that um that the uh Charter School Public Charter School teachers and members are a part of bargain unit five so with that the chair's recommendation is to defer and with that I will adjourn the labor committee and Technology foreign calling to order the committee on education it is Wednesday February 15 3 o'clock in room 229 welcome to the committee on education this meeting including the audio and video of remote participants that's being streamed live on YouTube you will find links to viewing options for all Senate meetings on
003the live and on-demand video page of the legislature's website this soon meeting and your YouTube live stream event will include the one o'clock agenda for committee on education the three o'clock agenda for committee on education and the unlikely event that we must abruptly end this hearing due to Major technical difficulties committee will reconvene to discuss any outstanding business on Friday February 26 I'm sorry February 17 2023 at 3 pm and this room 229 any public notice will be posted on the legislature's website I'd like to take this time to remind our testifiers that due to time restrictions on our hearings we will be limiting testimony to one minute per testifier per bill for people participating remotely please remain muted and video disabled until shortly before it is your turn to testify when I call your
004name unmute yourself and your time will begin after your minute is completed staff will mute you so that we can move this hearing along in an orderly and efficient manner foreign this is decision making only so there is no public testimony for Senate Bill 718 relating to public employees um the labor chair has deferred this measure so uh education uh committee is also deferring this measure next item also for decision making only Senate Bill 1044 relating to mental health appropriate money to higher school-based youth Mental Health Specialists for Hawaii department of education schools recommendation of the chair will be to pass with amendments and we are going to clarify that behavior health specialists instead of mental abuse mental health specialists on page 2 line 15 and page 3 Lines 6 and 12. also to clarify
005complex based Behavior Health Specialists rather than school-based Specialists with Behavior Health Specialists three specified services to States rural schools on page 2 line 16 and page 3 line 7 and 13. number four to request appropriation will be for 861 thousand dollars and also there are Technical and non-substantive Pleasures so for Senate Bill members of other questions Senate Bill 1044 recommendation of the chair is to pass with these amendments recommendation for Senate Bill 1044 passed with Amendment Sheriff Woodside Vice chair of Woodside Senator Clintonville aye Senator Richards Senator Favela all right Vice manager your recognitions adopted thank you and for our 305 PM agenda okay sorry uh yes we're Senate Bill 283 it's also Edition decision making only no public testimony recommendation of the chair for Senate Bill 283 relating to Public Charter School per pupil
006funding uh the recommendation is to pass as is charitable time okay 283 pass as is cheerful Time by sharehold side Senator Richards with reservations okay Senator Favela hi uh bye in um FYI is one reservation but just about this thank you and for our 306 PM agenda also decision making only is Senate Bill 481 relating to education this is requiring the Board of Education to develop a Hawaiian language medium education kindergarten entry assessment to be administered by the Department of Education beginning with the 26.7 school year requires a state public charter commission to adopt the assessment requires a kindergarten entry assessment be administered within 90 days of a child's admission to kindergarten provided that the child has not received any other kindergarten assessment within the past 180 days recommendation of the chair is to pass
007with amendments we are repealing section 302a-1165 also we are adding Department shell submit annual report to the legislature to begin with the 2024 session also affecting effective date shall take effect on July 1 3000. and for Technical and non-substantive amendments did I get them off okay so again recommendation of the chair is to pass Senate Bill 481 with these amendments turbo designs [Music] Senator Richards all right Senator Favela aye bye guys [Music] just a note that this measure will have to go public hearings yes that's correct it does go too it always means okay members for foreign so okay for the next item on the agenda is Senate bill one two four recess [Music]