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SB3189 • 2026

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

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Sponsor
FUKUNAGA
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to EDU, WAM.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.
  • Prekindergarten-only Public Charter Schools; SPCSC; Executive Office on Early Learning; Appropriation ($) Appropriates moneys to the State Public Charter School Commission for prekindergarten-only public charter schools.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 S

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

  2. 2026-01-28 S

    Passed First Reading.

  3. 2026-01-28 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.
Prekindergarten-only Public Charter Schools; SPCSC; Executive Office on Early Learning; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates moneys to the State Public Charter School Commission for prekindergarten-only public charter schools.

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SB3189

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3189

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to early learning
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature finds that public charter schools dedicated solely to prekindergarten
programs are integral to increase access to early learning and to meet the
mandates of Act 46, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020 (Act 46).
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Act 46 requires the department of human
services and the executive office on learning access to ensure access to early
learning through preschool programs for at least fifty per cent of all
appropriately aged, unserved children by 2027, and one hundred per cent of
those children by 2032.
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Prekindergarten‑only
public charter schools meet the same rigorous requirements as public prekindergarten
schools with the added benefit of being able to operate on a full-day schedule
that better serves the needs of working families.
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The State's prekindergarten-only public
charter schools are essential to a high-quality, mixed-delivery education system,
but they are currently operating at a deficit.

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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
increase funding for prekindergarten-only public charter schools by
appropriating moneys to the state public charter school commission.

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SECTION 2.
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There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $
or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for prekindergarten-only
public charter schools.

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The sum appropriated shall be expended by
the state public charter school commission for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Prekindergarten-only
Public Charter Schools; SPCSC; Executive Office on Early Learning;
Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates
moneys to the State Public Charter School Commission for prekindergarten-only public
charter schools.

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