Report Title:

Board of Education; Military Representative

Description:

Requires the military representative serving on the board of education to be seated with the other members and to participate in discussions about board matters, including executive meetings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1937

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

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-1101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) The board shall invite the senior military commander in Hawaii to appoint a nonvoting military representative to the board, who shall serve for a two-year term without compensation. As [the liaison to] a (nonvoting) ex-officio member of the board, the military representative or the representative's designee shall be seated with board members during official meetings and shall [advise]:

(1) Advise the board regarding state education policies and departmental actions affecting students who are enrolled in public schools as family members of military personnel[. The military representative shall carry];

(2) Carry out these duties as part of the representative's official military duties and [shall] be guided by applicable state and federal statutes, regulations, and policies; and

(3) Participate in all discussions, including debates, about board matters.

The military representative may be removed only for cause by a majority vote of the members of the board."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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