HB 622: DOE; Computer Science; Legislative Report; Due Date; Extension

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the department of education is responsible for submitting an annual computer science legislative report by June 30 every year.  However, the department of education has recommended the inclusion of academic quarter four computer science data from the schools in the report, and the existing June 30 due date prohibits the inclusion of that data.  Thus, the department of education prefers to delay the due date for the report to provide a more robust computer science report.

     Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to change the due date of the department of education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-323, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  By [June 30, 2022,] October 31, 2025, and by each [June 30] October 31 thereafter, the superintendent shall submit to the board and legislature a report of the computer science courses and computer science content offered during the previous school year at the schools in each complex area.  The report shall include:

     (1)  The names and course codes of the computer science courses offered at each school;

     (2)  The number and percentage of students enrolled in each computer science course and computer science content, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Gender;

          (B)  Race and ethnicity;

          (C)  Special education status, including students eligible for special education under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;

          (D)  English language learner status;

          (E)  Eligibility for the free and reduced price lunch program; and

          (F)  Grade level;

          provided that if a category contains one to five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of another category that contains one to five students to be determined, the number of students shall be replaced with a symbol indicating that one to five students fulfilled that particular category;

     (3)  The names and course codes of the courses containing computer science content and a description of the computer science standards and content that are covered by those courses; and

     (4)  The number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Any applicable certification;

          (B)  Gender;

          (C)  Race and ethnicity; and

          (D)  Highest academic degree earned."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

DOE; Computer Science; Legislative Report; Due Date; Extension

Description:

Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.  (SD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the department of education is responsible for submitting an annual computer science legislative report every year by June 30th.  However, the current June 30th due date for the legislative report provides too tight of a submission time to include quarter four computer science data from schools into the report.  The legislature believes that delaying the due date for the department of education's computer science legislative report to the end of the calendar year would provide the legislature and the public a more robust computer science report.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to change the due date of the department of education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of each regular session of the legislature.

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-323, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  [By June 30, 2022, and by each June 30 thereafter,] At least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the superintendent shall submit to the board and legislature a report of the computer science courses and computer science content offered during the previous school year at the schools in each complex area.  The report shall include:

     (1)  The names and course codes of the computer science courses offered at each school;

     (2)  The number and percentage of students enrolled in each computer science course and computer science content, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Gender;

          (B)  Race and ethnicity;

          (C)  Special education status, including students eligible for special education under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;

          (D)  English language learner status;

          (E)  Eligibility for the free and reduced price lunch program; and

          (F)  Grade level;

          provided that if a category contains one to five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of another category that contains one to five students to be determined, the number of students shall be replaced with a symbol indicating that one to five students fulfilled that particular category;

     (3)  The names and course codes of the courses containing computer science content and a description of the computer science standards and content that are covered by those courses; and

     (4)  The number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Any applicable certification;

          (B)  Gender;

          (C)  Race and ethnicity; and

          (D)  Highest academic degree earned."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

Department of Education; Computer Science; Legislative Report

Description:

Changes the due date of the Department of Education's computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of each legislative regular session.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the department of education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the department of education is responsible for submitting an annual computer science legislative report every year by June 30th.  However, the current June 30th due date for the legislative report provides too tight of a submission time to include quarter four computer science data from schools into the report.  The legislature believes that delaying the due date for the department of education's computer science legislative report to the end of the calendar year would provide the legislature and the public a more robust computer science report.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to change the due date of the department of education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of each regular session of the legislature.

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-323, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  [By June 30, 2022, and by each June 30 thereafter,] At least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the superintendent shall submit to the board and legislature a report of the computer science courses and computer science content offered during the previous school year at the schools in each complex area.  The report shall include:

     (1)  The names and course codes of the computer science courses offered at each school;

     (2)  The number and percentage of students enrolled in each computer science course and computer science content, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Gender;

          (B)  Race and ethnicity;

          (C)  Special education status, including students eligible for special education under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;

          (D)  English language learner status;

          (E)  Eligibility for the free and reduced price lunch program; and

          (F)  Grade level;

          provided that if a category contains one to five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of another category that contains one to five students to be determined, the number of students shall be replaced with a symbol indicating that one to five students fulfilled that particular category;

     (3)  The names and course codes of the courses containing computer science content and a description of the computer science standards and content that are covered by those courses; and

     (4)  The number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:

          (A)  Any applicable certification;

          (B)  Gender;

          (C)  Race and ethnicity; and

          (D)  Highest academic degree earned."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Department of Education; Computer Science; Legislative Report

Description:

Changes the due date of the Department of Education's computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of each legislative regular session.

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1488

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 622

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 622, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to change the due date of the Department of Education's computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the convening of each legislative Regular Session.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that computer science education can help public school students become digitally literate for the twenty‑first century world.  Presently, the Department of Education is required to submit its annual computer science legislative report annually on June 30.  However, as the existing submission deadline is close to the end of the school year, the Department of Education does not have adequate time to prepare data collected during the last school quarter.  Therefore, this measure ensures accurate reporting of computer science curriculum statewide while streamlining operations for efficiency.

     Your Committee notes that S.B. No. 1390, S.D. 1 (Regular Session of 2025), which was previously heard by your Committee, is a substantially similar measure that changes the due date for the Department of Education to submit its annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.  According to testimony at your Committee's public hearing on this measure, the Department of Education confirmed that the existing June 30 due date does not allow the Department to fully incorporate data collected in the last quarter of the preceding school year.  Your Committee concludes that the language in S.B. 1390, S.D. 1, is preferable because changing the due date from June 30 to October 31 provides the Department of Education with adequate time to compile data from the last academic quarter and the overall preceding school year, which would allow the Department to meet its statutory reporting duty and provide to the Legislature a comprehensive report on computer science education statewide. 

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting its contents and inserting the contents of S.B. 1390, S.D. 1, a substantially similar measure, which changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31, and is effective upon its approval; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 622, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 622, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

STAND. COM. REP. NO.  797

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2025

RE:   H.B. No. 622

      H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 622 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to change the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of each regular session of the Legislature.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Education is responsible for submitting an annual computer science legislative report every year by June 30th.  However, the June 30^th reporting due date is too tight of a submission time to include quarter four computer science data from schools.  This measure will delay the due date for the Department of Education's computer science legislative report to the end of the calendar year to allow the Department sufficient time to provide more data and a more complete computer science report to the Legislature and public.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 622, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 622, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,