"The STATE of Hawaii" - by State Senate candidate Tito Montes

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TheState ofHawaiiEconomy

Education

Sizeof

Government


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Education

Sizeof

Government


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2003 TO 2007

[In thousands of dollars. For fiscal year ending June 30]

Function 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Total expenditures 5,971,576 5,972,173 6,399,696 7,062,832 7,888,242

Current 5,577,253 5,670,658 6,077,748 6,615,255 7,385,509

General government 429,448 450,975 508,154 493,301 458,236

Public safety 256,740 265,432 291,369 322,578 376,032

Highways 254,648 222,672 301,784 267,213 337,862

Conservation of natural resources 65,787 64,774 74,188 86,628 107,578Health 512,864 518,667 564,807 685,679 832,333

Welfare 1,418,056 1,545,322 1,614,559 1,709,810 1,770,707

Lower education 1,744,625 1,758,424 1,798,208 1,984,129 2,305,280

Higher education 537,709 480,296 559,379 678,338 759,777

Other education 38,160 22,807 19,667 19,183 20,122

Culture and recreation 70,549 66,884 73,774 87,478 92,574

Urban redevelopment & housing 17,265 55,077 52,698 60,725 170,614

Economic devel. & assistance 231,402 215,133 214,377 215,559 147,146

Other - 4,195 4,784 4,634 7,248

Debt service 394,323 301,515 321,948 447,577 502,733

Principal 211,575 113,629 128,378 247,935 271,010

Interest and others 182,748 187,886 193,570 199,642 231,723

Source: Hawaii State Department of Accounting and General Services, Comprehensive Annual FinancialReport For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2007, p. 141

accessed June 10, 2008.

Hawaii educationbudget

hasgrown32%overthis

timeperiod.

Theeducationbudget

makesupnearly40%of

the

states

expenditures.

Yet

Stateexpendituresincreasedalmost$2Binthis5yearsspan.


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Table 3.21-- HAWAII STATE ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR PUBLIC

SCHOOL GRADES 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, AND 10: SPRING 2007

[Proficiency percentages in this table are based on the scores of all students who took the

Subject and

level Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 10

Reading:

Well below 17.9 21.1 24.5 23.4 23.6 25.5 27.8Approaches 21.2 25.3 15.2 21.1 14.8 14.3 7.6

Meets 51.3 45.7 51.4 40.2 45.7 42.3 37.7

Exceeds 9.6 7.9 8.9 15.3 15.9 17.9 26.9

Tested 97.2 97.7 98.8 98.4 98.4 98.1 95.4

Math:Well below 13.3 24.3 39.7 36.7 43.2 50.1 49.1

Approaches 38.5 28.0 20.5 24.2 19.6 24.3 22.0

Meets 23.1 26.2 18.9 24.5 24.7 17.6 17.7

Exceeds 25.1 21.5 20.9 14.6 12.6 8.0 11.2

Tested 97.3 97.6 98.8 98.3 98.2 98.1 95.3

Source: Hawaii State Department of Education, accessed September 24, 2007.

test. The percentage tested is given for reference only. While consistent with reporting

requirements of No Child Left Behind, it differs from results released in 2002, 2003,2004. Totals may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding]

Over70%of8th and10th

gradestudents

do

not

meetstandardsinmath,

and35%40%ofthe

samegroupdonotmeet

standardsin

reading


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TheDOE/BOE

has

a$2.7B

budget

and

34,000

fulltime

equivalent

employeesmoreemployeesthan:

HawaiianElectricIndustries

HawaiiMedicalServicesAssociation

Alexander&Baldwin

HawaiianAirlines

KaiserPermanente

Hawaii

FirstHawaiianBank

BankofHawaii

QueensHealthSystems

COMBINED!!!!!

MoreEducationBadNews

Source:PublicEducationinHawaii:Past,Present&Future;RandallRoth


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Hawaiistudents

rank

5th from

the

bottom

in

SAT

scores

Hawaiisgraduationratesarelowerthanthenationalaverage

63.95%vs 70.6%

AnalysishasshownthattheDOE/BOEs numbersaresuspect

In

2008,

the

University

of

Hawaii

administered

placement

examstomorethan3,000studentsthatgraduatedfromoneofHawaiispublicschoolsinordertoenrollinoneofsevenUHcommunitycolleges

Itwas

found

that

79%

of

the

graduates

needed

remediation

in

math,

65%inwriting,and52%inreading

Thisiswhat$2.7Bgetsyou?!?!?

MoreEducationBadNews

Source:PublicEducationinHawaii:Past,Present&Future;RandallRoth


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Number of State Employees per 10,000 State ResidentsSource: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008

Average: 216.1Maximum: 581 (HI)Minimum: 117 (FL)

Thischartdepictsthenumberofstateemployeesforevery10,000residentsofthatstate.

Hawaiiisranked1st,eventhoughweareranked42nd inthenationintermsofpopulation. Hawaii

is

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higher

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average isthisnecessary? Whydoweneedthismuchgovernment?

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ThischartdepictstaxpayerfundedHawaiistateemployeesalariesandbenefitsoverlastnineyears

PUBLICWORKER

PAY

AND

BENEFITS

HAS

INCREASED69%ORCOMPOUNDGROWTHRATE=6%.

Doesourgovernmentsperformancewarrantthistypeofincrease?

PayingforSomeoneElsesLackofPerformance

Analmost2x

increasein

last10years

Source:Grassroot InstituteofHawaii


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Year State Population State Gov. Jobs

1990 1,108,229 57,100

1991 1,136,754 60,300

1992 1,158,613 62,600

1993 1,172,838 64,200

1994 1,187,536 65,000

1995 1,196,854 63,9001996 1,203,755 62,800

1997 1,211,640 64,300

1998 1,215,233 64,900

1999 1,210,300 65,800

2000 1,211,537 66,900

2001 1,218,553 67,300

2002 1,228,763 70,150

2003 1,240,325 70,550

2004 1,254,172 71,500

2005 1,267,581 71,150

2006 1,278,635 71,950

2007 1,283,388 72,400

2008 1,287,481 74,742

From1990to2008:Hawaiisstatepopulationincrease=16%Hawaiisstategovernment

jobsincrease=31%Source: Robert C. Schmitt,Historical Statistics of Hawaii , pp. 616-617;Data Book 1978 , p. 158; Hawaii

State Department of Labor and Indus trial Relations,Labor Force Data Book (annual) and for 1990-2006

179,252 17,642

Since1990ourstate

populationhasgrownbya

littleover179,000people,

duringthat

same

time,

state

governmentjobshavegrown

by17,642

Dowereallyneedanewgovernmentpositionforevery10peoplethatmovetoHawaii?

Canwecontinuetoaffordthistypeofgrowth?Doweneedthismuchgovernment?

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