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Senate committee amends and advances bill to transfer some school-site library parcels to Hawaii State Public Library System

Hawaii State Legislature — Committee on Education (joint with Committee on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts) · February 14, 2026
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Summary

After testimony from library officials and the DOE, the Senate committee amended SB 2613 to clarify conveyance rules for school and public libraries and to allow transfer of 12 properties to the Hawaii State Public Library System; the committee also agreed to technical fixes requested by DOE for Wilcox Elementary property.

The Senate committee on Education, sitting jointly with the Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts, amended and advanced SB 2613 on Feb. 13 to clarify how public and school library properties are conveyed from the Department of Education to the Hawaii State Public Library System (HSPLS).

Stacy Aldridge, representing the Hawaii State Public Library System, told the committee the system has operated separately from the DOE for decades but never completed formal property transfers. Aldridge said unclear title and lack of site control have…

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