Title 18, Education

§302D-5 Authorizer powers, duties, and liabilities. (a) Authorizers are responsible for executing the following essential powers and duties: (b) An authorizer shall: (c) An authorizer shall have the power to make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or conven…

§302D-6 Principles and standards for charter authorizing. All authorizers shall be required to follow nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing in all major areas of authorizing responsibility, including: Authorizers shall carry out all their …

§302D-7 Authorizer reporting. Every authorizer shall be required to submit to the board and the legislature an annual report summarizing:

§302D-8 Conflict of interests. (a) A member of the state public charter school commission shall not be eligible to serve on the commission if the member was affiliated with any public charter school within one year preceding appointment to the commission. As used in this subsecti…

[§302D-9] Exclusivity of authorizing functions and rights. No governmental or other entity, other than those expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this chapter, may assume any charter authorizing function or duty in any form, unless expressly allowed by law. [L 2…

[§302H-1] Hawaiian language medium education program; established. The Hawaiian language medium education program may be established as a complete educational program or schooling experience provided to students in the medium of the Hawaiian language. The educational objectives o…

[§302H-2] Attendance and eligibility. All children of compulsory school age choosing to enroll in the Hawaiian language medium program in families of fluent Hawaiian-speaking persons may be given preference for admittance. Other persons may enroll at the discretion of individual …

[§302H-3] Office of Hawaiian language medium education; personnel. The department of education may create a separate office of Hawaiian language medium education for the direction and control of the program. The department may employ necessary personnel qualified by training and …

[§302H-4] Facilities or transportation. When fifteen or more qualified children in any one departmental school district wish to enroll in the Hawaiian language medium education program, the superintendent of education may provide facilities for a Hawaiian language medium educatio…

[§302H-5] Student performance. The department of education may develop and use multiple assessment strategies and instruments to assess student achievement and performance and to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching strategies and methods being used in the Hawaiian language med…

[§302H-6] Hawaiian language medium state education agency; districts and complex areas. The department of education may establish a Hawaiian language medium state education agency with the capability of operating districts and complex areas on an equal basis with any other distri…

[§302H-7] Collaboration. The department of education shall work collaboratively with the Hawaiian language college of the University of Hawaii at Hilo and any other entities recognized by the legislature for the purpose of addressing Hawaiian language medium education, extending …

§302L-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "At-risk children" means children who, because of their home and community environment, are subject to language, cultural, economic, and other disadvantages that cause them to be at risk for scho…

§302L-1.5 Executive office on early learning; director; general functions, duties, and powers. (a) There is established an executive office on early learning that shall be temporarily placed within the office of the governor; provided that on July 1, 2015, the executive office on…

§302L-1.6 Early learning board. (a) There is established within the department of education for administrative purposes only an early learning board, whose members shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34. The board shall have power, in accordance with law, to…

[§302L-1.65] Early learning board; qualifications; administration priorities. (a) Upon the nomination of any voting member to the board established pursuant to section 302L-1.6, the governor shall provide written documentation articulating the administration's goals and prioritie…

§302L-1.7 Early learning programs. (a) There is established a program within the office to expand access to affordable and high-quality early learning for children from low-income families who are not otherwise eligible for kindergarten, by allowing early learning programs to be …

[§302L-11] Investigation of misconduct; reporting to the department of education; harm to students registry; due process; indemnity. (a) Pursuant to the requirements of section 302A-1006, each early learning program or school shall certify to the department any final finding resu…

§302L-2 Early learning system. There is established an early learning system that shall ensure a spectrum of high-quality early learning opportunities for children throughout the State, from prenatal care until the time they enter kindergarten, with priority given to underserved …

§302L-3.5 Board meetings by teleconference. (a) Notwithstanding any law to contrary, the board may meet by teleconference. (b) Each member of the board participating in a meeting by teleconference shall be considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining quorum and p…

§302L-4 Grant program; establishment. (a) There is established, as part of the early learning system, a grant program, to be developed and administered by the office. The program shall increase early learning opportunities that meet high standards of quality through the awarding …

§302L-5 Early learning special fund. (a) There is established within the state treasury the early learning special fund, to be administered by the executive office on early learning, into which shall be deposited all moneys received by the office in the form of: and earnings on m…

§302L-6 Federal funds. The office may use and expend federal funds for the purpose of early learning. [L 2015, c 108, §2; am L 2017, c 202, §9]

§302L-7 Executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program; public preschools. (a) There is established within the early learning system an early childhood education program to be known as the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten program and to…

[§302L-8] Public prekindergarten classrooms; annual report to the legislature. The office shall submit to the legislature an annual report regarding State-funded prekindergarten programs and private partnership-funded prekindergarten programs in the public schools, except special…

§302L-9 Hawaii early childhood educator stipend program. (a) There is established the Hawaii early childhood educator stipend program to be administered by the office to address the shortage of early childhood educators who have coursework in early childhood education. (b) An ind…

§303-1 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means by which employees of the department of education and the University of Hawaii may qualify for the favorable benefits of section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. [L 1967, c 40, pt of §1; H…

§303-2 Contract for purchase of annuity or investment in custodial account. (a) The department of education and the University of Hawaii, on behalf of any employee of the respective institutions, may enter into a written agreement with any employee to purchase for the employee: (…

§303-3 Withholding. (a) The department of education and the University of Hawaii may also enter into an agreement under which the employer shall withhold from the salary of the employee the amount of the premiums payable on account of the annuity contract, and shall make such pre…

§303-3.5 Limitation on liability. The University of Hawaii, department of education, and the State of Hawaii shall not be held liable for the sums deferred or the results of any investment product. [L 1999, c 123, §1; am L 2001, c 186, §3]

§303-4 Adoption of rules. Each employer may adopt rules to implement this chapter including but not limited to:

§303-5 Retirement system contribution not affected. A reduction in salary authorized by an employee under terms of this chapter shall in no way alter the amount of regular compensation or gross salary upon which the employee's contribution to the employees' retirement system is b…

[§303-6] Participation in qualified football coaches pension plan. The University of Hawaii, on behalf of any of its football coaches, may enter into a written agreement with any association of football coaches with a qualified coaches plan under the Employee Retirement Income Se…

PART III. UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL A. Positions and Compensation [§304A-1001] Exempt personnel. Personnel of the university not subject to chapter 76 shall be under the direction of the president of the University of Hawaii. The board of regents shall appoint deans, directors, member…

[§304A-1002] Faculty; classification schedule. The board of regents shall classify all members of the faculty of the university including research workers, extension agents, and all personnel engaged in instructional work as referenced in section 76-16, and adopt a classification…

[§304A-1003] Faculty members; exchange privileges; conditions. (a) The board of regents may contract for the exchange of members of the faculty of the university with members of the faculties of colleges or universities located without the State or the United States. Local member…

[§304A-1004] Annual report; executive, managerial, and faculty salaries. The board of regents shall submit an annual report to the legislature containing the salaries paid to all executive, managerial, and faculty members of the university, including that paid to the president of…

[§304A-1005] University general counsel. (a) The board of regents may appoint or retain by contract one or more attorneys who are independent of the attorney general, to provide legal services for the university, including: The board of regents may fix the compensation of the att…

[§304A-1006] Compensation of education laboratory school cafeteria personnel. The compensation of all cafeteria workers and the cafeteria manager at the education laboratory school cafeteria, or any successor organization or unit, shall be paid out of the general fund of the Stat…

PART I. SYSTEM STRUCTURE A. General and Administrative Provisions [§304A-101] Establishment; available to all. There shall be a University of Hawaii that shall consist of such colleges and departments as may from time to time be established. As used in this chapter, "university" …

[§304A-102] Purposes of the university. The purposes of the university are to give thorough instruction and conduct research in, and disseminate knowledge of, agriculture, mechanic arts, mathematical, physical, natural, economic, political, and social sciences, languages, literat…

[§304A-103] University to be public corporation; general powers. The University of Hawaii is established as the state university and is constituted as a body corporate. The university, under the direction of the board of regents, shall have the following general powers:

§304A-104 Regents; appointment; tenure; qualifications; meetings. (a) The affairs of the university shall be under the general management and control of the board of regents. The board shall consist of eleven members who shall be appointed by the governor from lists of qualified …

[§304A-104.6] Candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. (a) The candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall recruit, evaluate, and present to the governor qualified candidates for nomination to a vac…

§304A-105 Powers of regents; official name. (a) The board of regents shall have management and control of the general affairs, and exclusive jurisdiction over the internal structure, management, and operation of the university. The board may: All lands, buildings, appliances, and…

[§304A-106] Gifts; investment authority. (a) The board of regents may receive, manage, and invest moneys or other property, real, personal, or mixed, which may be given, bequeathed, devised, or in any manner received from sources other than the legislature or any federal appropri…