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HRS §304A-1302

What the Hawaiian language college must do

This section lists the main jobs of the Hawaiian language college. Besides teaching in Hawaiian, it must run an outreach program for indigenous language scholars, train Hawaiian medium teachers, and keep a support center with specialists. It does not set deadlines or penalties.

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The statute, as written — Functions

In addition to providing a quality education primarily through the medium of the Hawaiian language, the Hawaiian language college shall: (1) Provide an indigenous language outreach program to involve indigenous language scholars and to maintain and develop the program's Polynesian language database; (2) Provide a Hawaiian medium teacher training program incorporating Nawahiokalani`opu`u school and other schools, as appropriate, as laboratory schools; and (3) Maintain a Hawaiian language support center with educational specialists in the areas of research, curriculum development, language development, archival work, and educational technology.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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