RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.

HB1071

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1071

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The department
of education is responsible for putting out an annual computer science
legislative report every year by June 30th.
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However, the department of education would like to include quarter four
computer science data from the schools in the report, and the current June 30th
due date provides too tight a turnaround for the inclusion of that data.
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Thus, the department of education would like
to push back the due date for the report to the end of the calendar year to
provide a more robust computer science report.

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Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to
change the due date of the department of education's annual computer science
legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of the
legislative session.

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SECTION 2.
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Section 302A-323, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending
subsection (e) to read as follows:

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"(e)
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By June 30, 2022, and by each June 30 thereafter,
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At least
twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature,

the superintendent shall submit to the board and legislature a report of the
computer science courses and computer science content offered during the
previous school year at the schools in each complex area.
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The report shall include:

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(1)
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The
names and course codes of the computer science courses offered at each school;

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(2)
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The
number and percentage of students enrolled in each computer science course and
computer science content, disaggregated by:

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(A)
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Gender;

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(B)
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Race and ethnicity;

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(C)
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Special education status, including students
eligible for special education under the federal Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, as amended, or section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of
1973, as amended;

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(D)
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English language learner status;

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(E)
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Eligibility for the free and reduced price
lunch program; and

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(F)
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Grade level;

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provided that if a category contains
one to five students, or contains an amount that would allow the amount of
another category that contains one to five students to be determined, the
number of students shall be replaced with a symbol indicating that one to five
students fulfilled that particular category;

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(3)
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The
names and course codes of the courses containing computer science content and a
description of the computer science standards and content that are covered by
those courses; and

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(4)
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The
number of computer science instructors at each school, disaggregated by:

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(A)
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Any
applicable certification;

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(B)
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Gender;

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(C)
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Race
and ethnicity; and

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(D)
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Highest
academic degree earned."

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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Computer Science; DOE; Legislative Report

Description:

Changes the due date of the Department of Education's
computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the
start of the legislative regular session.

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