Report Title:

Mathematics Education; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates unspecified amount to purchase mathematics textbooks and other mathematics learning materials; professional development for teachers of mathematics, mathematics coaching, and the use of assessments to provide appropriate mathematics interventions for individual students; and for mathematics coaches and their training.  (SD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1267
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to mathematics education.

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

     SECTION 1.  Act 160, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, appropriated $2,000,000 for purchasing science textbooks and teaching resources.

     The purpose of this Act is to improve the academic achievement of students in mathematics by providing funds for the following purposes:

     (1)  To purchase mathematics textbooks and other learning materials, including virtual learning resources, for articulated K‑12 mathematics instruction within a complex;

     (2)  To provide funds for professional development in mathematics, coaching, and the use of assessments to provide appropriate mathematics interventions for individual students; and

     (3)  To provide funds for mathematics coaches and their training.

     SECTION 2.  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 2007-2008, for the purposes of:

     (1)  Purchasing mathematics textbooks and other mathematics learning materials;

     (2)  Funding professional development for teachers of mathematics, mathematics coaching;

     (3)  Conducting assessments to provide appropriate mathematics interventions for individual students; and

     (4)  Funding for mathematics coaches and their training.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.