Definitions
HRS §302L-1
in effect302L-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
"At-risk children" means children
who, because of their home and community environment, are subject to language,
cultural, economic, and other disadvantages that cause them to be at risk for
school failure, including children:
(1) Who are placed through their individualized
education programs in a general education setting;
(2) Who are English as a second language learners;
(3) Who are in foster care;
(4) Who are homeless; or
(5) Whose family income is no more than three hundred
per cent of the federal poverty level.
"Board" means the early learning
board established pursuant to this chapter.
"Center-based" describes programs in
which early learning services are provided in a facility, including private
preschools, child care centers, and head start programs, licensed, or excluded
or exempt from licensing, by the department of human services.
"Early learning" means
developmentally appropriate early childhood development and education for
children from prenatal care until the time they enter kindergarten.
"Early learning system" means a
developmentally appropriate early childhood development and education system
for children from prenatal care until the time they enter kindergarten.
"Family child care program" means a
program in which a child is cared for in a family child care home licensed
under section 346-161.
"Family-child interaction learning program"
means a program attended by both a child and at least one adult who is the
child's parent, relative, or other caregiver, that facilitates family-child
interactive learning experiences for children and educates the family member or
members about how to encourage the child's learning.
"Family engagement" means practices
that engage families in recognition of the need for families to actively
support their child's learning and development, including classrooms that make
families feel welcome, communication with families on an ongoing basis, the
promotion of responsible parenting, and involvement in decisions that affect
families and their children.
"Home-based instruction program"
means a family-involvement, school-readiness program that helps families
prepare their child for success in school and beyond, and that is based in the
child's home; provided that home schooling is not a home-based instruction
program.
"Office" means the executive office
on early learning established pursuant to this chapter.
"Underserved children" means children
who have no access to, or are not qualified to attend, other early learning
programs and whose family income is no more than three hundred per cent of the
federal poverty level. [L Sp 2008, c 14, pt of §2; am L 2012, c 178, §5; am L
2015, c 108, §3 and c 109, §3; am L 2017, c 202, §2; am L 2019, c 276, §9]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0302L/HRS_0302L-0001.htmFetched: 11/10/2026