001good afternoon calling to order the joint hearing convenient on education and committee on water and land welcome to the senate committee on education and committee on water and land today is wednesday february 9th 3 pm this meeting including the audio and video of remote participants is being streamed live on youtube you will find links to to viewing options for all senate meetings on the live and on demand video page of the legislature's website this zoom meeting and youtube live stream event will include the three o'clock pm agenda for the committee on education and the committee on water and land in the unlikely event that we have to abruptly end this hearing due to major technical difficulties the committees will reconvene to discuss any outstanding business on friday february 11 2022 at three o'clock p.m in
002this conference room 229 and a 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 name 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 should you experience any technical difficulties when it is your turn to testify we may have to move on to the next person due to time constraints your understanding is appreciated and we would like to remind you that the committee
003has your written testimony we apologize if the closed captioning does not accurately transcribe the audio broadcast if you wish to review the written testimony submitted please go to the legislature's website you will find a link on the status page for the measure thank you and let me introduce my committee to my right is our vice chair senator donna mercado kim and on video we have senator donovan de la cruz and senator kirk favela would you like to introduce yourself yes sir yes thank you chair uh for the committee on water and land in attendance is the vice chair uh senator keith agaron as well as we have two senator and senator favela on zoom land and we are expecting some to revere soon thank you thank you and we are here to hear senate bill
0042186 to public school land transfer this directs the conveyance to the department of education of certain lands used for public schools and owned by the counties of kauai in maui the state and the department of land and natural resources requires legislative approval prior to the sale gift or alienation of the fee simple title to lands owned by the department of education appropriates funds to the department of education to effectuate conveyance and manage real property to testify keith hayashi interim superintendent please not present chair thank you that is the only testifier we had we have written comments from craig huy director department of budget and finance oh i see randy tanaka randy do you have testimony for senate bill 2186 please yes hello uh cherokee donnie vice chair mercado kim members of the committee thank you
005very much for your time we have submitted testimony and standby testimony i am here to answer any questions that you may have aloha thank you uh randy members any questions for the department of education uh yeah i have questions sure um randy yes senator the bill calls for uh kawaii and maui and then the tmk's attached um includes most of all the schools in the state and i see hawaii island schools there so is uh the hawaii islands um lands then were already transferred that is my understanding senator all right thank you chair thank you for that and of course the purpose of this we started this a couple years ago with the uh county lands of honolulu and um to date i'm not even sure how many titles have been turned over but i
006think this is an important process to make sure that when our schools need to do rebuilding or building of their campus that they have the authority and the right to do so and thus this bill as well as the previous bills that we have already passed members any further questions thank you do we need to go into research okay ready to go we've got just one i'm ready to go thank you so we are going to vote on this measure now the recommendation of the chair and education will need to pass out senate bill 2186 amending that sorry amending the tmks as noted in doe's testimony and some technical and non-substantive amendments um vice chair for the votes passing out senate bill 2186 with amendments chair votes eye the chair voting eye on senate bill
0072186 with amendments uh slight should also votes aye senator dallas cruz aye senator kanu excused senator favela i chair four members president voting i one excuse the recommendations about it thank you okay yeah yes thank you the committee on water and land same recommendations to pass sb 2186 with amendments any discussion committee on water and land uh hearing none and vice chair for the vote chair goes aye sir both sides senator mr lucha thank you and thank you to the uh chair vice chair of waterland senator rainey noy and senator gilbert p alderaan and the members of their committee for their support of this bill thank you hearing is adjourned calling the committee on human services joined with the committee on education 315 calendar um we are this meeting is being streamed live on youtube
008present for the committee for human services we have senator binet missaluccia on zoom as well as senator kurt favela and myself and would you like to say the president's attendance of your community yes and for the committee on education myself is chair senator kidani our vice chair to my right is senator donna mercado kim and on video we have senators donovan de la cruz and favela and also on my far left senator drew panojo thank you yeah thank you very much and we i'll also have the presence of senator laura acacio by zoom for um human services in the unlikely event that we have to abruptly end this hearing due to technical difficulties the committee will reconvene to discuss any outstanding business at the 305 pm calendar february 15 2022 room 225 and via video
009conference and a public notice will be posted on the legislators website your audio will be muted and video disabled until shortly before it is your turn to testify each testify will have two minutes to testify if there's a technical glitch during your time to testify you we may move to on to the next person due to time constraints we appreciate your understanding and we remind you that the committee has your written testimony i'll be reading a list of individuals who submitted written testimony for each measure we apologize if the closed captioning does not accurately transcribe the names if you're interested in reviewing the written testimony please go to the legislator's website and you'll find a link on the status page for the measure so first up is our only bill that's joined and as sb
0102701 relating to early education establishes and makes an appropriation for an early child care work subsidy pilot program makes an appropriation to the hawaii early childhood educator special fund first up we have the executive office of early learning in support colleen hi thank you aloha chairs and committee members and vice chairs um eoel stands on its testimony supporting the intent of this bill and would like to clarify that there is pay parity in the public funded pre-kindergarten programs but compensation is not this is not the case for the private sector compensation issues exacerbate the workforce workforce um challenges that these community-based programs encounter we wish to also reiterate that appropriating excuse me appropriating funds to the early learning special fund rather than the hawaii early childhood educator special fund would benefit the early childhood workforce
011via the stipend program thank you very much for your time okay thank you very much okay next up we have nathan mulatti for the university of hawaii and support oh good afternoon uh chair kidani chairs sam bruno ventura vice chair kim advice teri hara and members of the committee on behalf of provost michael bruno and i we thank you for the opportunity to testify and strong support of sb271 relating to early early education we stand by written testimony and i'll be available for any questions thank you okay thank you very much i'm testifying for the hawaii status state commission on the status of woman power jabola carvolos and support mr president chair my president thank you very much i see yvonne law for the hawaii state public charter school commission providing comments please proceed good
012afternoon chair sandwin ventura chair kidani vice chair kim and vice chair ehar and members of the committee we offer comments basically just to clarify that the commission does not actually employ early childhood educators our individual charter schools do so we just offer those comments and wish this bill very well so thank you very much for the opportunity okay thank you very much we also have from department of human services um scott nakasone or dana lucca providing comments uh good afternoon chairs and committee members financial uh department of human services uh department of stands on instagram comments um and i'm available for any questions thank you okay thank you very much um craig your honor the department of budget and finance provided comments and we have kathleen algar hawaii children's action network speaks in support kathleen
013uh thank you chairs and women chair kabani vaisher uh ihara and vice mercado kim uh you have my written testimony and strong support i just wanted to highlight a couple of uh key pieces of information for you um the intent of this bill is to recruit and retain our early care and learning workforce um over the past couple of years we've seen a steady decline especially in in child care um the number of people um that that are in that workforce that um has decreased the number of spaces and programs available to our families when we've looked at the reason why people are leaving compensation is often than is often listed as number one uh conversation programs aren't unheard of there are a number of states already doing it uh most recently washington dc just
014passed a measure to give between ten thousand and fourteen thousand dollars to childcare workers and to permanently raise wages we also make sure that folks entering into the profession are supported and that's why we support funding into the early educator stipend program so we're asking for your support today for children families and for our dedicated early learning and caring professionals thank you hey thank you very much next up um we have early learning board and support is that you for early learning board no chair not present okay not present so next one is terry law an individual in support please lucy good afternoon senators thank you so much for um for hearing this bill i'm in support of this bill i do want to point out a few things so i am testifying as personally
015but also i am at the university of hawaii college of education manoa college of education i am a instructor there also the director of a project called hawaii early childhood educator excellence and equity project and this these are one of the issues that we are really con concerned about um i do want to just mention that research has shown that a diverse well-prepared well-supported well-compensated workforce is is essential for the delivery of high-quality early childhood programs there are the cornerstones of our communities in our state and we want to support our youngest children as well as our working families however for decades they've been faced we've been facing a crisis that is only getting worse though compensation has forced dedicated professionals especially those working in community-based and home-based programs to leave the field and this
016has prevented others from joining i also want to point out that as we consider a pilot wage program to really consider looking at those who are especially caring for infants and toddlers in home base and center-based programs because as we consider or as well yeah could you please wrap up and we do okay yes everybody is in support by the way okay so anyway i stand on my um testimony thank you so much okay thank you very much so as stated um there's hope anybody else on zoom land who it who wants to testify um regarding this measure sb 2701 okay saying that those who are providing written comments or support are in support hawaii mother's healthy babies coalition of hawaii aauw of hawaii and support early childhood action strategy and support special education advisory
017council and support and we've got 22 other individuals all in support and we have no opposition um members any questions of the live witnesses um senator missaluccia i have a question for dhs is there somebody yes okay so in the testimony it was interesting that you wanted to determine whether the first cohort for the pilot will use the subsidy to either supplement their income or to uh or if they're they're using it to further their professional development why is that important um i think it's just for us to get some clarity in terms of the intent of the measure because it it in our reading of it we weren't clear in terms of if it was to to further to further um enhance the workforce through um through the offering of professional development or trainings
018or of that nature or if it was something to do with retention um of the workforce and so that was our comm for our question is that easy enough to get that information um i think um well again i guess it's our question to um to the measure the intent of the measure and so that that's what we're trying to just get clarification from um through our reading of of this draft of the measure okay thank you thank you chair thank you any other questions members three men um may we have a breakout room all right recalling um the 315 calendar on the joint committee hearing for human services and education voting on 20 sb 2701 relating to early childhood education hms's chair's recommendation is to amend the purpose to reflect the clarification of purpose
019requested by dhs on page 1 lines 12-13 saying that the purpose is to retain existing early child care workforce accept all of the eoel amendments on section 1 line 14 subsection 2 basically deleting hawaii early childhood educator into and replacing it with early learning special fun and on section four line same deletion of the hawaii early childhood educator and replacing it with the early learning special fund pursuant to section 302 1 or 302l and um and the state accept also state public charter school commission amendment on page 2 lines 10 to 12 changing the um or state public charter schools by removing the word state and removing the word commissions and adding a plural to the schools um otherwise it's a blank appropriation so there there's no need to do a defect date any questions
020comments hms okay so for hms we are ready to vote um vice chair ijara on sb 2701 sheriff's recommendation is the password amendment chair votes eye all members are president chair uh chair votes aye vaishevo's eyes senator cassio senator mitsubucha aye senator favela recommendation is adopted thank you and for the committee on education with all members president recommendation of the chairs to pass out senate bill 2701 with the amendments share both sides chair boots eye on senate bill 2701 with amendments uh vice chairman senator de la cruz hi senator kanoha senator favello hi members president of voting and affirmative recommendations adopted thank you members we are again good afternoon calling to order the committee meeting of the committee on education on the committee on health it's wednesday february 9th 2022 it's 3 30 p.m we're
021in conference room 229 [Music] welcome to the committees on education and hell today is wednesday february 9th at 3 30 p.m room two to nine this meeting including the audio and video of remote participants is stream live on youtube you will find links to viewing options for all senate meetings on the live and on demand video page of the legislature's website this zoom meeting and youtube live stream event will include the 330 agenda for the committees on education and the committee on health it is uh in the unlikely event that we have to abruptly end this hearing due to major technical difficulties the committees will reconvene to discuss any outstanding business on friday february 11 2022 at 3 o'clock p.m and a public notice will be posted on the legislature's website i'd like to take
022this 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 name 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 manager i'm sorry manner i've read this so many times you're recording should you experience any technical difficulties when it is your turn to testify we may have to move on to the next person due to time constraints your understanding is appreciated and we would like to remind you that the committee has written testimony we apologize if the closed
023captioning does not accurately transcribe the audio broadcast if you wish to review the written testimony submitted please go to the legislature's website you will find a link on the status page for the measure that took five minutes of our committee time okay first measure is senate bill 2187 relating to school-based health services includes advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority in the list of health care professionals authorized to administer medication to public school students requires administration of medication to be approved by the department of health or other on-campus school-based health care provider pursuant to a written agreement with the department of education [Music] to testify please interim superintendent hayashi oh hi good afternoon um good afternoon chair kidani um chair keoho kalole chair mercado kim vice chair baker and members of the committee i'm heidi
024armstrong from the department of education testifying on behalf of interim superintendent keith hayashi the department stands on its written testimony offering comments on senate bill 2187 the department supports the addition of the aprns to the list of practitioners who may prescribe medication for students the department also supports the intent of having a school-based health care provider approve medication to be administered at school however new protocols need to be developed and coordinated with the hawaii state department of health in order for this transition to occur and training and record-keeping processes would also need to be developed in addition should this bill move forward we respectfully request a revision on page one line thank you heidi next to testify laura reichheart director hawaii state center for nursing laura please uh good afternoon cheers kirani and keoho kolole
025and vice chairs kim and baker thank you very much for hearing this measure today the center for nursing scans on our written testimony related to section one and we are available for any questions related to apr and practice thank you thank you laura next to testify day tree bar told us executive administrator for state council on developmental disabilities good afternoon chairs vice chairs and committee members we are standing on our testimony in support i'm sorry my name is danger bartholos i'm the executive administrator and we stand in support thank you dangery next to testify dr elizabeth charr director of health for department of health please not present chair thank you they are in support next to testify we stand on our written testimony in support and offer amendments um school health aides are now called
026school health assistants thank you can i have your name i can't see it from you i'm dr glenn wasserman chief clinical disease and public health nursing division for department of health uh representing um the director director's health thank you next to testify clementine career syria you left interim dean and professor for the university of hawaii please good afternoon cheers vice chairs kim and baker and members of the committees uh my name is clementina sergiulep interim dean for the university of hawaii at manoa nancy atmosphere watch school of nursing and thank you for the opportunity to provide strong support for the senate bill 2187 i stand by my testimony and open for any questions thank you very much thank you that concludes the list of testifiers and we do have written testimony another eight or nine
027pieces of written testimony members questions if not moving on to the next item senate bill 2822 relating to asthma requires the department of education to offer optional asthma education courses to students and provide mandatory asthma training to teachers and other department employees who interact with students to testify superintendent hayashi please hi good afternoon heidi armstrong again from the department of education the department stands on its written testimony offering comments on sb 2822 and i thank you for this opportunity to testify thank you hayden next to testify pedro harold executive director testifying for american lung association in hawaii aloha chairs vice chairs and committee members uh we the american lung association stands in full support of this bill we have been happy to have been working with the department of education on similar initiatives for the
028past uh two years and that we have been coordinating and providing asthma education courses and of course what we know is that the unfair burden falls on native wines and pacific islanders who have uh an undue burden of asthma in children so we think that this bill will truly go a long way towards health equity thank you very much i'll be available for questions thank you pedro next to testify nicole wu director of research economic policy testifying for hawaii children's action network speaks aloha chair hi thank you aloha chair vice chair members of the committee uh thank you i'm nicole wu again from hawaii children's action network speaks and uh thank you for hearing this bill asthma is a chronic problem among the children in hawaii and we do want to make sure that those
029with asthma have a real chance to thrive in all environments including our schools so i stand on our written testimony in support of this bill thank you thank you nicole that concludes our oral testimony we do have a total of 12 percent testimonies members questions if not moving on to the next bill senate bill relating to health requires all principals guidance counselors and teachers to perform self-review of seizure safety materials annually requires a seizure seizure action plan for every diagnosed student and distribution of the plan to employees charged with supervising the student requires public schools private schools and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer caesar seizure disorder rescue medication exempt schools that do not have a student with a seizure disorder makes an appropriation to testify superintendent hayashi please good afternoon
030chairs vice chairs members of the committee again i'm heidi armstrong from the department of education the department stands on its written testimony offering comments for sb2071 the department does have systems in place to support students with chronic health conditions such as seizure disorders and we have shared these systems in our written testimony thank you for the opportunity to testify thank you heidi next to testify yvonne lau interim executive director hawaii state public charter school clinician good afternoon chair kidani vice chair kim chair ke oho kalole vice chair baker and members of the committees thank you very much for the opportunity to provide this testimony we support the bill but we have some concerns with the implementation of the requirements in our public charter schools um just as a some background we do not have many
031schools of our public charter schools do not have health aides and at times their access to the public health nurses is a bit spotty additionally we don't have a we don't have a centralized system to support our schools like a keiki nurse program like the department has established we actually have been working with the department of health and also with our department partners in trying to stand up a similar program and in fact we are so grateful that the department of health has provided some foundational funding for that and it's just really due to the way that our schools are structured and the funding streams we our schools are do not have the financial capacity to employ thank you yvonne next to testify evan oyer for hawaii association for justice evan please uh aloha kidani
032okolole members of the committees my name is evan oye on behalf of hawaii association for justice or ahj we stand on a written testimony supporting the intent and providing amendments to remove the liability immunity language will be available for questions thank you thank you evan next to testify naomi manuel executive director testifying for epsilon epilepsy foundation of hawaii naomi please and members of this joint canadian education and health i stand on my written testimony and strong support of senate bill 2071 but would like to just put comment um epilepsy is a disease or disorder of the brain which causes recurring reoccurring seizures it is a spectrum disease comprised of many diagnoses with many different types of seizures and varying levels of seizure control not all students with epilepsy have a seizure every day not all
033students with epilepsy have seizure rescue medication prescribed to them but for each student with epilepsy the risk of a life-threatening seizure is present every single day of their lives they know this their families know this casting a seizure safe schools bill would greatly improve the care and safety of students with epilepsy so they can reach their full potential with as minimal disruption to their learning environment as possible 1 in 10 will experience a seizure and 1 in 26 will develop epilepsy it is vital that school personnel are prepared to appropriately and efficiently respond to anyone having a seizure i just really want to thank you for allowing this opportunity to testify on my comments and i will be here to answer any questions thank you naomi next to testify maureen ballard individual maureen please aloha
034uh chairs vice chairs and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to speak today and provide support for sb 2071. i have submitted my written testimony and stand by it i am a nearly 22 year old 22 year resident of the state of hawaii and a person with epilepsy for the past 36 years seizure safe legislation like this provides students with epilepsy and seizure disorders the reassurance that should they have a seizure during the school day educators will know what to do witnessing a seizure can be a very scary event witnessing a seizure and not knowing what to do can be even scarier this legislation would give educators the confidence to respond appropriately not if but when a seizure occurs in their presence my first seizure was when i was 12 years old
035just a month before the school year started fortunately was at home and my mother who was a nurse was able to respond that was not necessarily the case if i was at school so please i encourage you to support sb 2071 to provide our students a safe and enriching environment thank you marine members that concludes our oral testimony we have 22 pieces of testimony for this bill and all in support um that concludes the bills that we have members are there questions on any of these bills and the testifiers please any questions [Music] chair k o hokulele any questions from the health committee okay hearing none um can we go into breakout reconvening the committees on education and health we are in decision making and the recommendation for senate bill 2187 relating to school-based health
036services for the education committee recommendation is to pass with amendments taking the amendments offered by doe and doh in their testimony to replace the word aids with the word assistance on page 1 line 4. any questions for the committee on education recommendation for senate bill 2187 pass with amendments chair votes eye sheriff's recommendation for the committee on education on sb 2187 is the past with amendments chair votes i vice chair is excused uh senator de la cruz hi i vote i senator favela hi sure you have four eyes your recommendations adopted thank you chair for the health committee uh health committee same recommendation chair votes eye care votes i'm vice chair votes i senator mauriwaki senator morawaki excused senator sanbuena ventura aye and senator favela are your recommendations adopted four eyes one excuse thank you
037for the committee on education next bill senate bill 2822 relating to asthma the recommendation of the chair will be to pass this bill with amendments taking the amendments offered by the doe in their testimony questions for senate bill 2822 recommendation is to pass with amendments chair votes eye chairs recommendation for the committee on education on sb2822 is the past with amendments noting the noting excused senator kim of the four other members president annie with reservations or in opposition sure you have four eyes one excuse your recommendation is adopted thank you senator keoughly for the committee on health health committee same recommendation chair bowtie last year votes aye senator mariwaki is excuse senator san buena ventura aye senator favela bye chair your recommendations adopted four eyes when excused thank you thank you for the last bill
038senate bill 2071 relating to health and the plan for seizure safety materials the recommendation of the chair is to pass with amendments defecting the date to july 1 2050 also to insert an additional blank appropriation to the doe for the purposes of increasing health aid and nursing services to cover the charter schools questions members recommendation is to pass senate bill 2071 with amendments chair votes i click on education sb2071 shares recommendations passed with amendments noting senator kim as excused of the four members president any with reservations any opposition cherry or four eyes one excuse your recommendation is adopted thank you for the committee on health chair please members same recommendation chair votes eye vice chair votes eyes uh senator marwaki's excuse senator sam buena ventura aye senator favela uh chair your recommendations adopted thank you
039very much thank you members of the committees on health and the committee on education [Music] this concludes our hearing i would like to just make an explanation of why we are defecting the date to july 1 2050 for our last testifier and this is to give the ways and means committee an opportunity to look at the blank appropriations to see what they can put in that blank thank you this meeting is adjourned good afternoon thank you for joining us this is only our fourth hearing today committee on education welcome to the senate committee on education today is wednesday february 9th it is 3 well it's 3 55 now and we are in hearing room 229. this meeting including the audient video of remote participants is being streamed live on youtube you will find links to
040viewing options for all senate meetings on the live and on demand video page of the legislature's website this zoom meeting and youtube live stream event will include 3 30 agenda for the committee on education in the unlikely event that we have to abruptly end this hearing due to major technical difficulties or loss of my voice the comedian will reconvene to discuss any outstanding business on friday february 11 2022 at 3 o'clock p.m and a 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
041name 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 manager i'm sorry manner banner should you experience any technical difficulties when it is your turn to testify we may have to move on to the next person due to time constraints your understanding is appreciated and we would like to remind you that the committee has your written testimony we apologize if the closed captioning does not accurately transcribe the audio broadcast if you wish to review the written testimony submitted please go to the legislature's website you will find a link on the status page for the measure measure thank you okay members of the committee in education this is our fourth hearing notice today so let us
042begin starting with senate bill 2827 relating it relating to the early learning board as the director of hawaii p20 partnerships for education as an ex-official non-voting member to the early early learning board to testify hitayashi interim superintendent please good afternoon chiara kidani vice oh i'm sorry i thought i needed my camera okay sorry let me try again good afternoon chair kidani vice chairman kara kim and members of the committee i'm terri ushijima interim assistant superintendent with the department of education testifying on behalf of interim superintendent keith hayashi the hawaii state department of education supports sb 2827 adding the executive director of hawaii p20 partnerships for education as an ex-official non-voting member of the early learning board thank you for this opportunity to provide testimony on sb2827 thank you terry next to testify colleen momohara interim
043director terry i mean colleen please aloha chair kadani and committee members eoel stands on its written testimony mahalo for the opportunity to provide comments we defer to the early learning board on this bill thank you thank you colleen next to testify robert peters chair testifying for the early learning board robert good afternoon sharokina on behalf of the early learning board we've offered comments on this bill because the board has not yet had a chance since the bill was made public to take a position on the bill we will tomorrow at our monthly meeting we are particularly interested in looking at this bill in terms of what its implications are for growing the board at this particular time i'm happy to answer any questions that members may have with regard to the early learning board after
044when the time is appropriate thank you thank you robert that concludes the oral testimony for this bill there are a total of five testimonies received moving on next item is senate bill 2038 relating to early learning requires that each neighbor island county is represented on the early learning board without term limits subject to removal and replacement by the mayor of their respective counties to testify please colleen momohara interim director hello again committee members the all stands on its written testimony we appreciate the opportunity to provide comments and we refer to the remaining board on this bill thank you thank you colleen next to testify robert peters and good afternoon chair kadani and members of the committee the early learning board is not ready to take a position on this particular bill as it has not
045had the opportunity to discuss its implications for the board and the increase in size and additional membership we'll be happy to answer any questions if that would be helpful thank you thank you members that concludes the oral testimony we received 13 testimonies on this bill we're going to move on to oh oh yes members questions i do have questions for um bob peters please um your testimony is that uh early learning board has not had a chance to discuss these bills has the early learning board ever discussed the makeup or composition of the early learning board we we have had discussions about the composition and in fact it's one of our priorities this year to really begin to dig into that to look at the nature of the board what its needs are at this
046stage of its development and the representation on the board um and right now you have 17 members is quite quite a lot for any governing board actually so adding four or five more members um i'm not sure if that's something that you think uh early learning board needs but um i think that will be um a a good part of the focus of the conversation as we look at these two bills um it has less to deal with the worthy and yes of the representation in this case and probably more to do about the size and what's a reasonable size to be an effective board thank you robert so um are you saying that uh the board is planning to take up these questions at a future meeting or are you saying that this is
047just not feasible now i'm i i can't share the sense of the board um since we haven't had this conversation in any depth and and obviously not with these particular bills in front of us tomorrow's meeting which is the monthly meeting of the board these two bills are on the agenda for conversation as are the other major bills that affect the early learning board in the executive office on early learning so after that meeting i should have a better sense of the board and its intentions okay thank you for that information robert appreciate it you're welcome members further questions moving on to senate bill 3280 relating to the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist st joseph school in planning designing constructing reconstructing renovating acquiring equipping and improving their educational facilities to testify matthew
048f dink head of school joseph st joseph high school yes hello thank you very much for your time uh i'm just here to support any questions about the bill as we've written statements thank you next to testify randy pereira please good afternoon chucky donny senator thank you guys very much long time no see long time no see god to see all of our well thank you guys very much i'm testifying today as a board member and proud alum of saint joseph's height of saints schools part of me and a member of the cardinal legacy foundation we provide a written testimony and certainly would welcome any questions from the committee and appreciate your support moving this forward thank you randy members any questions uh for matthew can you give us a little bit information on what
049this special purpose revenue bonds is is it going to be used for yeah so st joseph's going through a little bit of a resurgence now and so as uh things are picking up in our community a new uh gym or a multi-purpose building would help us support our community so as we're the police stations right next to us the fire department's building a new fire station next to us so as things are building up in our area we think we can better support the community if we have a new multi-purpose building our current building that we use is almost 60 years old so i don't see a number associated with what you're requesting is there a figure attached to this at this point senator we're we're still working with our architect but i will tell
050the committee we're looking at approximately four million dollars just that's the rough estimate based on what we're looking at it at this dream stage and certainly would work with bnf if in fact we're so fortunate to get the legislature to appropriate uh okay that helps us thank you so much uh randy for that information members further questions if not moving on to senate bill 2 6 1 2 relating to environmental sustainability establishes a reusable utensil pilot project in doe schools on molokai requires the department of education to report to the legislature on the feasibility of statewide implementation appropriates funds to testify superintendent hayashi please oh hello kidani members of the committee randy tanaka office of facilities and operations for kidani and the department we stand by our testimony i can tell you in fact that
051i have seen the program uh it's it's very inspiring to see that we start with our young young younger groups to have them understand what sustainability means in its application the one request we have is the removal of the requirement to adopt administrative rules thank you very much for the opportunity i am available for questions below thank you randy that's the only oral testimony we have of the total 17 testimonies received all in support members any questions if not moving on is that the final one yes okay um i don't think we need to recess no but we got to get donovan honor of everyone oh there he is okay um i don't think we need to resist so let's just so for senate bill 2827 members the recommendation of this chair is to defer
052this bill and also to defer the next bill senate bill 2038 as our early learning board has not had the chance to meet on this and they are having a meeting tomorrow so um we will defer to a later date members questions okay on senate bill 3280 this is for the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist st joseph school members the recommendation of this chair is to pass as is senate bill 30 to 80 members questions if not chair votes aye sure votes i pass unamended or sb 3280 to pass unamended myself votes eyes senator de la cruz and senator kim and favel of senator favela on sb three two eight zero vice chair senator favela with i said de la cruz i i vote i uh senator kim is excused here you
053have four eyes one excuse me senate bill 2612 relating to environmental sustainability uh this is for the pilot project at uh d.o.e schools on molokai the recommendation of the chair is to pass senate bill 2612 with amendments to remove the requirement for the doe to adopt rules to effectuate this pilot program members questions not senate bill two six one two pass with amendments chair votes eye senator two six one two noting the excuse kim as excuse four members president are there any opposition any reservations seeing non-cherry or four eyes or recommendations adopted thank you members can we go back to senate bill 2827 and senate bill 2038 relating to the early learning board the recommendation of the chair was to defer but i just wanted to clarify that we are going to defer indefinitely senate
054bill two eight two seven and 2038 members questions all right this concludes the meeting on education you