HB 1496: RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: House

Current Status:

In Progress

(2025-02-14: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Establishes the position of Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Program Complex Area Superintendent. Requires that at least one at-large member of the Board of Education be a Hawaiian educator, practitioner, or scholar of Hawaiian studies or the Hawaiian language, to be selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Clarifies the purpose and objective of the Hawaiian Language Medium Education Program. Appropriates funds.

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

9MIN

Feb 11, 2025

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

1MIN

Jan 30, 2025

House Standing Committee on Education