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SB1073 • 2026

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

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Sponsor
INOUYE
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
  • Charter Schools; Contract Renewals; Terms Authorizes charter school contracts to be renewed for successive ten-year terms of duration.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-01-23 S

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

  3. 2025-01-21 S

    Passed First Reading.

  4. 2025-01-17 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Charter Schools; Contract Renewals; Terms
Authorizes charter school contracts to be renewed for successive ten-year terms of duration.

Current Bill Text

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SB1073

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1073

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to charter schools
.

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

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SECTION
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The legislature finds that charter schools
are not able to secure long-term leases, make necessary large purchases, and
create long-term strategic plans for campuses with a charter contract due to
the short length of the term authorized in existing law.
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The legislature further finds that
lengthening the charter contract renewal period to ten years will allow charter
schools to effectively secure leases, make significant campus purchases, and
engage in long-term strategic planning, which will foster the growth and
development of charter schools in the State.

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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to authorize
the renewal of a charter contract to a ten-year term.

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SECTION
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Section 302D-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

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"(a)
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A charter contract may be renewed for successive [
five-year
]
ten-year

terms of duration, although an authorizer may vary the terms based on
performance, demonstrated capacities, and particular circumstances of each
charter school.
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An authorizer may grant
a renewal of a charter contract with specific conditions for necessary
improvements to a charter school."

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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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Report Title:

Charter
Schools; Contract Renewals; Terms

Description:

Authorizes
charter school contracts to be renewed for successive ten-year terms of
duration.

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