[§311D-2]  State council.  There is established within the board of education for administrative purposes the state council on educational opportunity for military children.  The board of education shall establish the state council, as required by article VIII of the compact.  The membership of the state council shall include, at a minimum:

     (1)  The superintendent of education or the superintendent's designee;

     (2)  The complex area superintendents of the administrative districts that contain the Leilehua, Radford/Moanalua, and Kalaheo school complexes;

     (3)  A complex area superintendent from the Leeward district;

     (4)  The military liaison from the department of education;

     (5)  A uniformed military representative from the United States Pacific Command;

     (6)  One installation-level uniformed military representative from each branch of service of the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard;

     (7)  The governor or the governor's designee;

     (8)  The chairperson of the senate education committee or the chairperson's designee;

     (9)  The chairperson of the house education committee or the chairperson's designee; and

    (10)  Other offices and stakeholder groups the state council deems necessary.

Members of the state council may delegate voting authority to another person for a specified meeting or meetings.  The state council shall appoint or designate a military family education liaison to assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of this compact.  The compact commissioner and the military family education liaison designated herein shall be ex-officio members of the state council, unless either is already a full voting member of the state council.

     The council shall establish policies and procedures governing its operations but subject to the open meeting requirements of chapter 92. [L 2009, c 152, pt of §1; am L 2011, c 82, pt of §1]