Report Title:

Board of Education; Military Representative

Description:

Allows the military representative to the Board of Education to be seated with the other members during official meetings and to participate in discussions about board matters, except for executive sessions. (HB1937 HD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1937

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

H.D. 2

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 the board, the military representative or the representative's designee shall be seated with board members when attending official meetings and shall [advise]:

(1) Advise the board regarding state education policies and departmental actions [affecting] that affect 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 discussions, including debates, about board matters, except during executive sessions of the board, if the subject matter impacts or affects public school students of active-duty military families.

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.