RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDING.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on penalties or enforcement mechanisms if the Department of Education fails to submit reports.

Department of Education Funding Transparency

This bill requires the Department of Education to submit annual reports disclosing how it allocated funds to schools and its own administration in the previous year.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Education to submit annual reports before each regular session starts, detailing moneys allocated to department schools by county and to department administration.

Who It Names or Affects

• Department of Education
• Legislature, Governor, and Board of Education

Terms To Know

Direct-to-school funding transparency

The requirement for the Department of Education to report how it allocates funds to schools and its own operations.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if the Department does not submit the required reports.
• It is unclear when exactly this bill will become law or start being enforced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDING.
DOE; School Funding; Transparency; Reports
Requires the Department of Education to submit annual reports to the Legislature, Governor, and Board of Education disclosing the moneys the Department allocated in the prior year to department schools and department administration.

Current Bill Text

HB2189

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2189

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to department of education funding
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to part V, subpart B, to be appropriately
designated and to read as follows:

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Direct-to-school
funding transparency.
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No later than twenty days prior to the
convening of each regular session, the department shall submit to the governor,
board, and legislature, a report of:

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The amounts and
sources of any moneys allocated to department schools in the prior year,
aggregated by county; and

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The amounts
allocated in the prior year to department administration.
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SECTION 2.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOE;
School Funding; Transparency; Reports

Description:

Requires
the Department of Education to submit annual reports to the Legislature,
Governor, and Board of Education disclosing the moneys the Department allocated
in the prior year to department schools and department administration.

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