The Hawaiʻi State Public Charter School Commission voted to close the school in January, and Kamalani Academy leaders will not challenge the decision.

Plenty of youth-oriented bills are still alive in the Hawaiʻi Legislature.

The college launched a Hawaiian studies program at Halawa Correctional Facility in 2022, but found many students dropped out because they were sent to an Arizona prison.

Roughly 1 in 5 students in Hawaiʻi were missing required vaccines last year. Doctors say that’s a growing health threat, but efforts to toughen state law are drawing intense criticism from parents opposed to vaccines.

Nearly half of white high school students and more than half of Black students in the state said they’d experienced racism in schools, according to a federal survey recently pulled from the internet by Trump administration orders.

Hawai‘i’s latest charter school closure highlights longstanding challenges in state oversight.

Feeding hungry children is important even if it doesn’t improve their academic performance.

Hawaiʻi summer school has been free for students over the past four years, but the end of federal funding means schools must find other ways to pay for the programs.

The school has previously come under scrutiny for financial mismanagement and challenges with enrollment and funding.

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