Title 18, Education

§302A-1151.5 Use of vacant public school facilities. (a) When the department considers whether to close any particular public school, it shall simultaneously give reasonable consideration to making all or portions of the facilities of the public school available to charter school…

[§302A-1151.6] Parking; control by department. (a) The department may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to govern the traffic and parking conditions on roadways and other areas under the jurisdiction of the department. (b) The department, in accordance with chapter 91, ma…

[§302A-1152] Unauthorized vehicles on school or public library grounds. Any unauthorized vehicle parked on school or public library grounds may be towed away at the owner's expense, or the owner or driver of the vehicle may be arrested by any police officer without warrant, on co…

§302A-1153 Vandalism damage to public school property. (a) Any pupil found to be responsible for an act of vandalism against any public school, building, facility, or ground shall make restitution in any manner, including monetary restitution by the pupil or pupil's parents, or g…

§302A-1154 Immunization upon attending school; tuberculosis clearance. (a) No child shall attend any school in the State unless the child presents to the appropriate school official documentation satisfactory to the department of health that the child has received immunizations a…

§302A-1155 Provisional attendance at school. (a) A child may attend school provisionally upon submitting written documentation from a licensed physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or an authorized representative of the department of health stating t…

§302A-1156 Exemptions. A child may be exempted from the required immunizations:

[§302A-1157] Exemptions from immunization; not recognized; epidemic conditions. If at any time there is, in the opinion of the department of health, danger of an epidemic from any of the communicable diseases for which immunization is required under sections 302A-1154 to 302A-116…

§302A-1158 Immunization of indigent children. The department of health shall provide all immunizations and tuberculin tests to comply with sections 302A-1154 to 302A-1163, as far as public funds will permit, to each child whose parents, guardians, or custodians cannot afford to h…

§302A-1159 Physical examination required. (a) No child shall attend any school for the first time in the State unless the child presents to the appropriate school official a report from a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse of the result…

§302A-1160 Student's health record. The department of education shall provide student health record forms for immunization and physical examination to the schools, private physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and authorized personnel of the department of health. [L 19…

§302A-1161 Notification for noncompliance. If a child does not complete the immunizations required under section 302A‑1154 or the physical examination required under section 302A-1159 within the period provided by section 302A-1155 after provisional attendance at school, the admi…

§302A-1162 Rules. (a) The department of health shall adopt rules under chapter 91 relating to immunization, physical examination, and tuberculin testing under sections 302A-1154 to 302A-1163. Immunizations required, and the manner and frequency of their administration, shall conf…

[§302A-1163] Enforcement. The department of health shall administer and enforce the immunization and tuberculin test requirements under sections 302A-1154 to 302A-1163. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2]

§302A-1164 Self-administration of medication by student and emergency administration; self-testing and self-management of diabetes by student; assistance with diabetes testing; blood glucose monitoring by student; assistance with blood glucose monitoring; permitted. (a) The depar…

§302A-1165 Standardized assessment for students entering kindergarten. (a) The board of education shall adopt a kindergarten entry assessment, and the department of education shall administer the kindergarten entry assessment. (b) The kindergarten entry assessment shall: (c) Info…

§302A-1166 Prior early learning programs attendance disclosure. (a) At least one parent or guardian of each child entering kindergarten shall disclose to the department the name of, address of, and duration of attendance at the early learning program that the child attended durin…

B. Board of Education [§302A-121] Board of education; members; student and military representatives. (a) The board shall consist of nine members as follows: The members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor may remove or suspe…

[§302A-122] Board of education; eligibility. Except as otherwise provided by law, state officers shall be eligible for appointment and membership to the board. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the board:

§302A-123 Board of education; terms. (a) The governor shall set the terms of the members initially appointed to the board under section 21 of Act 5, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, as follows: (b) The term of each member shall be three years, except as provided for in the initial ap…

[§302A-124] Board of education; organization; quorum; meetings. (a) The governor shall select a chairperson of the board; provided that the chairperson shall be selected from among the at-large members. The board shall select a vice chairperson from among its members, and the vic…

[§302A-125] Board of education; vacancies. (a) The governor shall notify the senate in writing within ten days of: provided that any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, in accordance with sections 302A-121, 302A-122, …

[§302A-126] Board of education; qualifications; administration priorities. (a) Upon the nomination of any board member, the governor shall provide written documentation articulating the administration's goals and priorities with respect to the formation of a highly-functioning, w…

[§302A-127] Board of education; senate advice and consent. In determining whether to confirm the governor's nominees to the board, the senate shall consider the combination of abilities, breadth of experiences, and characteristics of the board, as a whole, that will best serve th…

B. Budget §302A-1301 School system financial accountability. (a) Beginning with the 1995-1997 fiscal biennium, the department's administrative expenditures shall not exceed 6.5 per cent of the total department operating budget, excluding expenditures for agencies administratively…

[§302A-1301.5] Curricular materials; digital format. Moneys allocated for printed curricular materials may be expended to purchase digital formats of the curricular materials. [L 2016, c 112, §1]

§302A-1303.5 Committee on weights. (a) There is established within the department of education the committee on weights to develop a weighted student formula pursuant to section 302A-1303.6. The committee may: (b) The composition of the committee on weights shall be determined by…

§302A-1303.6 Weighted student formula. Based upon recommendations from the committee on weights, the board of education may adopt a weighted student formula for the allocation of moneys to public schools that takes into account the educational needs of each student; provided that…

§302A-1305 Inactive student activity accounts. Student activity funds that are left in the school for a period of five years after the graduation of the class shall be deposited into the nonappropriated local school fund account unless the graduating class donates, in writing, th…

§302A-1310 Out-of-school time instructional programs; funds, expenditures. All moneys received by and for the public out-of-school time instructional programs from tuition and other fees or from any other source shall be deposited in a special out-of-school time instructional pro…

[§302A-1311] Appropriations for trust funds of the department of education. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in any fiscal year, if the amount of revenues deposited into a trust fund of the department of education exceeds the amount appropriated from that fund for t…

§302A-1312 Six-year program and financial plan for school repair and maintenance. (a) The department of education shall prepare a six-year program and financial plan for school repair and maintenance that shall be: provided that the governor may incorporate the six-year program a…

[§302A-1314] Hawaii 3Ts school technology laboratories fund. (a) There is established the Hawaii 3Ts school technology laboratories fund (hereinafter, "fund") as a separate fund of the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii Inc., a Hawaii nonprofit organization. Moneys received …

[§302A-1316] Maintenance of geographically disadvantageous land; expenditure of school funds; prohibited. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a public school shall not be required by the department of education to expend any school funds to maintain any geographically di…

[§302A-1317] Local edible produce and packaged food products procurement; small purchases. [Section repealed June 30, 2028. L 2025, c 134, §4.] Notwithstanding section 103D-305(c) and any other law to the contrary, procurements of less than $250,000 for local edible produce and p…

C. Federal Funding §302A-1401 Administration and use of federal funds. The board, designated as the administrators of such funds as may be allotted to the State under federal legislation for public educational purposes, subject to such limitations as may be imposed by congression…

[§302A-1402] Custodian of federal funds. The director of finance is designated as custodian of all funds received as the state apportionment under any federal appropriations for public educational purposes and the director shall disburse the funds, pursuant to the requirements, r…

§302A-1403 Authority to secure federal funds. The department, the state public charter school commission, a charter school authorizer, director of finance, and governor may take such steps and perform such acts as may be necessary or proper to secure any such federal funds for th…

§302A-1404 Federal impact aid military liaison. (a) The department and the state public charter school commission or an authorizer, as appropriate, may retain and expend federal indirect overhead reimbursements for grants for the reimbursements as determined by: (b) Each fiscal y…

§302A-1405 Federal grants revolving fund. (a) There is established a federal grants revolving fund into which shall be deposited the department's share of federal indirect overhead reimbursements, pursuant to section 302A-1404. Unless otherwise provided by law, all other receipts…

[§302A-1406] Department of education federal revenue maximization program revolving fund; established. (a) There is established in the state treasury the department of education federal revenue maximization program revolving fund to be administered by the department. Moneys from …

§302A-1502.4 Hawaii 3R's school improvement fund. (a) There is established the Hawaii 3R's school improvement fund (hereinafter, "fund") as a separate restricted fund of Hawaii 3R's, a Hawaii nonprofit organization. Moneys received from the State, county, or federal government, p…

§302A-1503 Donated school equipment and fixtures; repair and maintenance responsibility. (a) The department may accept donations of school equipment or fixtures on behalf of the department, individual schools, or school complexes. Donations that meet current educational specifica…

§302A-1504.5 School-level minor repairs and maintenance special fund[;] reporting of carry over funds. (a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the school-level minor repairs and maintenance special fund, into which shall be deposited all m…

§302A-1506 Public school facilities. The department may enter into such contracts, leases, lease-purchase agreements, or other transactions as may be necessary for the acquisition of public school facilities, including any lands for these facilities, on such terms as it may deem …

[§302A-1506.2] Property acquisition, use, and disposition. (a) The department may acquire or contract to acquire by grant or purchase any real, personal, or mixed property or any interest therein for its immediate or future use for public educational purposes, including lease rev…