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Committee advances a package of school measures, including Title IX recognition of cheerleading and energy‑savings contracting
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Summary
In decision making April 16 the committee passed a series of SCRs covering cheerleading as a Title IX sport, Hawaiian‑immersion access, charter‑school supports, micro‑credentialing, procurement continuity, CIP audits and energy‑savings contracting; SCR 199 on CIP monitoring was deferred.
During the April 16 decision session the House Committee on Education (joined by Higher Education for several items) advanced a package of school‑related measures and amendments.
Key actions recorded in committee decision making: - SCR 194 SD1 (recognizing competitive cheerleading as a Title IX athletic opportunity) — recommendation adopted; committee recorded recommendation to pass with amendment and no recorded objections in the decision block. - SCR 162 SD1 (K–12 Hawaiian immersion high school planning) — recommendation to pass with amendments adopted; committee updated report deadlines to the Legislature. - SCR 203 SD1 (public charter‑school working group) — recommendation to pass with HD1; committee added a representative from Hawaii Kids Can to working‑group member language. - SCR 130 HD1 (farmers‑to‑institution coordination plan) — recommendation adopted with amendments complementary to the Nourishing Hawaiʻi's Future initiative. - SCR 196 SD1 (bell‑schedule framework) — committee passed SD1 with amendments recognizing DOE concerns and requiring collective‑bargaining consultation and allowing regional adoption; DOE had testified in opposition to a uniform statewide schedule. - SCR 200 (NEA micro‑credential pilot) — recommendation to pass as is. - SCR 201 SD1 (job‑order contracting RFPs for Future Schools Now continuity) — recommendation to pass as is. - SCR 197 SD1 (performance audit of DOE CIP) — recommendation passed with amendments to include lapsed projects since 2021 and assessment of prior studies and implementation. - SCR 114 SD1 (semiannual internal audits by DOE internal audit office) — recommendation passed as is; the superintendent clarified the internal audit office reports to the Board of Education and is expanding capabilities. - SCR 199 (CIP monitoring and accountability) — deferred for further consideration after public comment and committee discussion.
Several measures were adopted with committee‑level amendments; the transcript records that the committee adopted recommendations in decision making. For some items the committee clerk read the roll call (SCR 78 included an explicit roll call with ayes and excused members); for other measures the decision block records the chair’s recommendation and that the recommendation was adopted. Where the transcript did not provide a full numeric roll call for a given measure, committee minutes should be consulted for exact tallies and members’ recorded votes.
