Here is a list of bills reviewed and supported by the ʻAha Kauleo on February 9, 2020 in Kona.
HB 2010 - Appropriates funds to provide scholarships for students pursuing a Hawaiian language degree through the University of Hawaiʻi's Hawaiian language programs. Please click for AKL Testimony, LHE, WLH.
HB 2012 - Establishes an Assistant Superintendent position within the Department of Education for Hawaiian language. Appropriates funds for the position. Please click for AKL Testimony. The AKL formerly requested the Board of Education to discuss this bill and the potential affects. Official request made to Board of Education to consider the contents of this bill.
SB 2498 - Establishes the position of Ka Papahana Kaiapuni program complex area superintendent in the office of the superintendent of the department of education. Please click for AKL Testimony, EDU, HWN.
SB 2368 - Designates the month of February as "ʻŌlelo Hawai‘i Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language. Requires all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions that include Hawaiian words or names to include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names, spelling, and punctuation. Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and words, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation. Clarifies that the full text of bills and other official documents are not required to be written in Hawaiian and that misspelled or incorrectly punctuated Hawaiian words and names shall not invalidate the documents or render them unenforceable and no cause of action shall arise accordingly. Please click for AKL Testimony. Please click for AKL Testimony, WAM.
SB 2390 - Establishes the Hawaiian language fluency special fund to provide scholarships and tuition waivers for students who are fluent in the Hawaiian language and attend or intend to attend the University of Hawaii college of education; Appropriates funds to the Hawaiian language fluency special fund. Please click for AKL Testimony, HRE, HWN.