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Senate Committee on Education: summary of decisions and next steps from Feb. 3 hearing
Summary
The Senate Committee on Education advanced several bills on Feb. 3, 2025: amended passage recommended for measures on the Ho'akea program, the computer science report deadline, school facilities authority membership, civil‑rights compliance staffing, and public‑lands consultation; a school bus driver pilot program was deferred.
At its Feb. 3 meeting in Hearing Room 229, the Senate Committee on Education took final recommendations on multiple bills ranging from budget requests to governance changes and reporting deadlines. The committee recorded recommendations to pass several measures with technical or substantive amendments, and deferred one pilot program for further work.
Key actions
- SB 5 29 (Ho'akea program): Committee recommended passage with amendments; committee noted DOE's $4,000,000 request and adopted the recommendation unanimously among five members present.
- SB 1390 (Computer Science report deadline): Committee recommended passage with amendments. The committee agreed to move DOE's annual computer science report deadline to Oct. 31 (or earlier) rather than the previously proposed date; recommendation adopted (five members affirmative).
- SB 1388 (School Facilities Authority membership):…
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