Aloha HE'E Members and Participants,

Legislative and Policy News

Please see HE'E's legislative update as of April 19, 2013.  Please also see Allen Awaya's (from Senator Tokuda's office) most recent legislative update and hearing update.

The legislature is in conference until next Friday, April 26, 2013.  Conference sessions need only 24 hours notice and after the initial conference session, subsequent meetings are announced at the end of the session. We are tracking the bills the Coalition is supporting but for real time updates, please check bill status at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.  

On Friday, April 19, 2013, at 3:00pm in Conference Room 329, there will be conference hearings on 21st Century School bills, HB865 HD1 SD1 and SB237 SD2 HD1, as well as the bill on School Readiness, SB1093 SD2 HD2, and on Early Childhood Education, SB1095 SD2 HD2. 

We encourage you to come to the hearings to participate in the process!  

We have good news on HE'E supported legislation. Concurrent Resolutions SCR49/HCR57 on Family-School Partnerships have progressed and will go to the floor. Also, the Governor's Messages 749, nominating Kerrie Urosevich to the Early Learning Advisory Board and Governor's Message 779, nominating Brian De Lima to another term at the Board of Education, will also move to the floor.  

Instructional Hour bill, SB238 HD2, unfortunately, failed to pass the House with a 30-21 vote. We will continue to follow the progress of the instructional hour task force that was recently recommended by the National Center on Time & Learning.

Please let me know if you have comments on any of our legislative actions at cheri@heecoalition.org.

HE'E News

DOE welcomes participants for communications survey
As part of an ongoing effort to enhance communications, the Hawaii State Department of Education will be conducting a survey in May to hear from parents and community members about its public outreach. If you are interested in participating, please email the Department of Education here with a preferred email address, and they will send you a survey link. The DOE looks forward to receiving your valuable feedback. 

HE'E Meetings

Mahalo to April Goodwin and Lesli Yogi from Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education and to Chad Miller from The University of Hawaiʻi Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education for outstanding presentations at HE'E's recent Quarterly Meeting!  

For follow up with Hawaii P-20 on the College and Career Ready definition, please contact April Goodwin at agoodwin@hawaii.edu. The College and Career Ready presentation is here. For follow up on the 55 by 25 campaign, please go this the website here. The 55 by 25 presentation is here. 

For more information on the Chad Miller and the University of Hawaii Uehiro Acadmy for Philosophy and Ethics, please go to the website here. Mr. Miller's presentation can be found at this link here. The video clip highlighting the Dalai Lama's Kailua High School visit is here. 

Next HE'E's Planning Meeting, Tuesday, May 17, 2013 from 9:00-11:00am at The Learning Coalition, 841 Bishop Street #301 (validated parking at Ali'i Place, 1099 Alakea St.)  Please save the date!  

HE'E meeting notes posted on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-meeting-notes/  

HE'E email archives on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-email-newsletter-archive