THE SENATE

S.R. NO.

71

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


SENATE RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THat the Board of Education review and revise policies to enLARGE AND EXPAND regular opportunities IN EACH DISTRICT FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES to PARTICIPATE meaningfulLY BY EXPRESSING THEIR IDEAS AND SUPPORT OF IMPORTANT ISSUES IMPACTING EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT.

 

WHEREAS, community members have expressed an increasing desire to provide their input and feedback in the decisions affecting educational policy in their district; and

WHEREAS, parents, students, and community members have expressed a desire to participate actively in the public education system; and

WHEREAS, increased community input will provide valuable information to the Board; and

WHEREAS, a wide spectrum of community members have many talents, ideas, and concerns which they would like to share with the leaders of Hawaii's public education system; and

WHEREAS, an enhanced process and increased opportunities for members of the community to meet with their district board member, other than at an occasional board meeting, would heighten the responsiveness and accountability of members of the Board of Education; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-Second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004, that members of the Board of Education are requested to review and revise policies by which they determine meeting sites and meeting structure to ensure that citizens residing in each educational district within the State are afforded a minimum of one opportunity per quarter to meet with at least one board member, the appropriate district superintendent, and other local education administrators at the complex level, in a community meeting designed to allow for and facilitate general discussion and input on local educational issues; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Education is requested to submit its findings to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the 2005 Regular Session; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chair of the Board of Education.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Requesting that members of the Board of Education review the policies by which they determine meeting sites to ensure that meetings are held in the relevant counties affected by Board of Education policies and decisions.