Report Title:

BOE; Student Member; Age Requirements.

Description:

Proposes a constitutional amendment providing that BOE members must be at least sixteen years of age.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1897

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

proposing an amendment to article X, section 2, of the hawaii constitution, to change membership qualifications for the board of education.

 

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

SECTION 1. Article 10, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:

"BOARD OF EDUCATION

Section 2. There shall be a board of education composed of members who shall be elected in a nonpartisan manner by qualified voters, as provided by law, from two at-large school board districts. The first school board district shall be comprised of the island of Oahu and all other islands not specifically enumerated. The second school board district shall be comprised of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Kauai and Niihau. Each at-large school board district shall be divided into departmental school districts, as may be provided by law. There shall be at least one member residing in each departmental school district. The Hawaii State Student Council shall select a public high school student to serve as a nonvoting member on the board of education. No person shall be eligible to become a member who will not have attained the age of sixteen years on or before the date of the general election; provided that a person who has not attained the legal voting age shall not be required to be a registered voter to become a candidate for membership on the board."

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

"Shall the State Constitution be amended by allowing persons who are at least sixteen years of age to become board members?"

SECTION 3. New constitutional material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

INTRODUCED BY:

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