Report Title:

Board of Education

Description:

Proposes to add a new section to Article X of the Hawaii Constitution to provide for elected local school boards at each public school as provided by law. (HB1895 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1895

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

 

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

SECTION 1. Article X of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"ELECTED LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS

Section . There shall be an elected school board at each public school, elected in a manner as provided by law. Each school board shall have and exercise duties as shall be conferred under general laws."

SECTION 2. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

"Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to provide for the establishment of an elected school board at each public school as provided by law?"

SECTION 3. New constitutional material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.