SB 1384 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR SPECIAL FUND.

Summary

Requires funds repaid by a stipend recipient of the Early Childhood Educator Stipend Program to be deposited into the Early Learning Special Fund. Repeal the Early Childhood Educator Special Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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SB1384 → SB1384_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill reorganizes how early childhood educator stipend funds are handled in Hawaii. It redirects repaid stipend funds into the existing Early Learning Special Fund instead of a separate Early Childhood Educator Special Fund, which is being repealed. The change aligns the statute with prior legislative requirements to consolidate funding streams.

Scope change

The bill removes the separate Early Childhood Educator Special Fund and redirects its functions to the existing Early Learning Special Fund, simplifying the funding structure.

FISCAL

The separate Early Childhood Educator Special Fund established in section 302L-10 is repealed and no longer exists as a distinct fund.

Repaid stipend funds are now deposited into the Early Learning Special Fund (section 302L-5) instead of the repealed Early Childhood Educator Special Fund.

TIMELINE

The effective date for this Act was changed from 'upon approval' to July 1, 2050.

MODIFIED

The bill text was reformatted from a standard bill format to a Senate Draft (SD1) format with metadata headers.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 343) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors