THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	834
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the board of education.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 302A-121, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§302A-121[]]  Board of education; members; student and military representatives.  (a)  The board shall consist of [nine] ten members as follows:

     (1)  One member from the county of Hawaii;

     (2)  One member from the county of Maui;

     (3)  One member from the county of Kauai;

     (4)  Three members from the city and county of Honolulu; [and]

     (5)  One member who is a Hawaii public high school student; and

    [(5)] (6)  Three at-large members; provided that the governor shall select an at-large member as the chairperson.

[The] Except as provided by section 302A-447, members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.  The governor may remove or suspend for cause any member of the board.

     (b)  Pursuant to article XVIII, section 12, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the period of transition from the elected to the appointed board shall be as determined in section 21 of Act 5, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011.

     (c)  The members of the board shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including travel and board and lodging expenses, while attending meetings of the board or when actually engaged in business relating to the work of the board.

     [(d)  Pursuant to section 302A-447, the state student council shall select a nonvoting public high school student representative to the board.

     (e)] (d)  Pursuant to section 302A-1101(c), the board shall invite the senior military commander in Hawaii to appoint a nonvoting military representative to the board."

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  The term of the student [representative] member shall be one year.  The student [representative] member may be selected for one additional consecutive term; provided that the student [representative] member shall be a student at the time of selection and shall be a student for the majority of that term."

     SECTION 3.  Section 302A-447, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The council shall compile a list of five nominees from which the governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the student member to the board.  The council shall determine whether it shall directly select the nominees for student [representative] member to the board or whether it shall run an election to select [that individual.] the nominees."

     SECTION 4.  Upon the expiration of the term of the student representative serving on the board of education on the effective date of this Act, the governor shall select a student member to serve on the board of education pursuant to this Act.

     SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Board of Education; Student Member

 

Description:

Provides voting rights to the high school student member of the board of education and gives the governor authority to select the student member from a list of nominees compiled by the state student council.

 

 

 

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