HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

396

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

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.  Section 302D-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Any community, department school, school community council, group of teachers, group of teachers and administrators, or nonprofit organization may submit a letter of intent to an authorizer to form a charter school and establish an applicant governing board.  An applicant governing board may develop a charter application pursuant to this section; provided that:

     (1)  An applicant governing board established by a community may develop a charter application for a start-up charter school;

     (2)  An applicant governing board established by a department school or a school community council may develop a charter application for a conversion charter school;

     (3)  An applicant governing board established by a group of teachers or a group of administrators may develop a charter application for a start-up or conversion charter school; and

     (4)  A nonprofit organization may:

          (A)  Establish an applicant governing board [that is separate from the nonprofit organization] and develop a charter application for a start-up or conversion charter school; [or] provided that:

              (i)  The governing board shall operate separately from the nonprofit organization; and

             (ii)  The governing board may include members of the nonprofit organization, but such members shall not constitute a majority of members of the governing board; or

          (B)  Establish an applicant governing board that shall be the board of directors of the nonprofit organization and may develop a charter application for a conversion charter school; provided that any nonprofit organization that seeks to manage and operate a conversion charter school shall:

              (i)  Submit to the authorizer at the time of the charter application bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted and policies that relate to the management of potential conflict of interest situations;

             (ii)  Have experience in the management and operation of public or private schools or, to the extent necessary, agree to obtain appropriate services from another entity or entities possessing such experience;

            (iii)  Not interfere in the operations of the department school to be converted until otherwise authorized by the authorizer in consultation with the department; and

              (iv)  Have the same protections that are afforded to all other governing boards in its role as the conversion charter school governing board."

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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.



 

Report Title:

Charter School Applications; Nonprofit Organizations

 

Description:

Allows nonprofit organizations to establish an applicant governing board and develop a charter application for a start-up or conversion charter school; provided that the governing board operates separately from the nonprofit organization and the governing board may include members of the nonprofit organization, but such members shall not constitute a majority of the governing board's members.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

 

 

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