HB 754 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

HB 754 allocates state funds to the Department of Education to support community schools and creates a dedicated program manager position. The bill directly affects community schools by providing financial resources and administrative oversight through the new role. Key provisions include funding for school-based services and a designated manager to coordinate programs. The bill becomes effective July 1, 3000 (as noted in the abstract). This is a funding measure focused on operational support, not policy changes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB754_HD1 → HB754_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HD1 to HD2, likely due to a procedural update in the legislative process. The most significant substantive change is the removal of specific dollar amounts and the full-time equivalent (FTE) count for the program manager position in the funding section, replacing them with blank fields. This indicates that the exact budget figures and staffing levels were not finalized or were intentionally left for the department to determine later.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the specific amount of money and the number of staff positions to be funded has been made variable rather than fixed, allowing for future determination of these details.

FISCAL

Specific appropriation amounts for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 were removed and replaced with blank spaces, deferring the final budget decision.

The specific number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions for the program manager was removed, leaving the staffing count undefined.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated from 'HB754 HD1' to 'HB754 HD2', reflecting a change in the legislative document version number.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 280).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 465) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors