REPORT TITLE:
New Century Schools


DESCRIPTION:
Defines new century schools with alternate educational programs.
Creates a process whereby existing public schools and new schools
may be established as new century schools.  States that current
student-centered schools are to be designated as new century
schools.  Repeals sections in 302A, HRS, which deal with
student-centered schools.  (SD3)

 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 3
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1                              PART I.
 
 2      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that as long as a public
 
 3 school complies with the requirements that it be free to all
 
 4 attending students, that its admissions policies be
 
 5 non-discriminatory, and that it comply with statewide performance
 
 6 standards, a school should otherwise be free from statutory and
 
 7 regulatory requirements that tend to inhibit or restrict a
 
 8 school's ability to make decisions relating to the provision of
 
 9 educational services to the students attending the school.
 
10      To nurture the ideal of more autonomous and flexible
 
11 decision-making at the school level, the legislature supports the
 
12 concept of new century schools.  The legislature finds that this
 
13 concept defines a new approach to education -- one that is free
 
14 of bureaucratic red tape and accommodating of the individual
 
15 needs of students -- and will allow the State to dramatically
 
16 improve its educational standards for the twenty-first century.
 
17 Both existing public schools, and new schools, may be established
 
18 as new century schools, and these schools allow educators to
 
19 better tailor the curriculum to enhance the learning of the
 

 
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 1 students.  
 
 2      The purpose of this part is to increase the flexibility and
 
 3 autonomy at the school level by allowing existing public schools
 
 4 and new schools to be designated as new century schools.  These
 
 5 new century schools shall have a local school board as a
 
 6 governing body, and shall operate independent educational
 
 7 programs from those provided by the department of education
 
 8 statewide.
 
 9      SECTION 2.  Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
10 amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and
 
11 to read as follows:
 
12                  "PART .  NEW CENTURY SCHOOLS
 
13      §302A-A   New century schools.  All schools previously
 
14 designated as student-centered schools shall henceforth be
 
15 designated as new century schools.
 
16      §302A-B   New century schools; establishment.  (a)  Up to a
 
17 total of twenty-five schools may be established as new century
 
18 schools.  These new century schools may be established by:
 
19      (1)  The creation of a new school by executive order of the
 
20           governor, upon the advice of the board of education,
 
21           pursuant to 302A-C;
 
22      (2)  An existing public school pursuant to subsection (b);
 
23           or
 

 
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 1      (3)  The creation of a new school, comprised of programs or
 
 2           sections of existing public school populations and
 
 3           using existing public school facilities pursuant to
 
 4           subsection (b).
 
 5      (b)  Any public school or programs of a public school or
 
 6 schools, may form a new century school by establishing a local
 
 7 school board as its governing body composed of, at a minimum, one
 
 8 representative from each of the following participant groups:
 
 9      (1)  Principals;
 
10      (2)  Instructional staff members selected by the school
 
11           instructional staff;
 
12      (3)  Support staff selected by the support staff of the
 
13           school;
 
14      (4)  Parents of students attending the school selected by
 
15           the parents of the school;
 
16      (5)  Student body representatives selected by the students
 
17           of the school; and
 
18      (6)  The community at-large.
 
19      (c)  The local school board shall formulate and develop a
 
20 detailed implementation plan, which shall include but not be
 
21 limited to the following:
 
22      (1)  A description of the administrative and educational
 
23           framework, and which provides for the basic protection
 

 
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 1           of employees and their reasonable academic freedoms;
 
 2      (2)  A plan for identifying, recruiting, and selecting
 
 3           students to make certain that student participation is
 
 4           not exclusive, elitist, or segregationalist;
 
 5      (3)  A plan for assessing student performance equal to those
 
 6           employed throughout the State which focus upon the
 
 7           established state educational performance standards,
 
 8           the rigor of standards, and technical validity, as well
 
 9           as any other specific student outcomes to be achieved,
 
10           and making this plan accountable to the general public;
 
11      (4)  The curriculum, instructional framework, and assessment
 
12           mechanisms to be used to achieve student outcomes;
 
13      (5)  A plan to hold the school, its faculty, and staff
 
14           (collectively and individually) accountable in the same
 
15           or an equivalent manner as are other public schools
 
16           throughout the State;
 
17      (6)  A governance structure of the school;
 
18      (7)  A facilities management plan which is consistent with
 
19           the state facilities plan; and
 
20      (8)  Annual financial and program audits.
 
21      The detailed implementation plan shall be approved by
 
22 three-fifths of the school's administrative, support, and
 
23 teaching personnel, and parents; provided that the school
 

 
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 1 personnel may request their bargaining unit representative to
 
 2 certify and conduct the elections for their respective bargaining
 
 3 units.  Once approved, the detailed implementation plan shall be
 
 4 submitted to the board of education for review.
 
 5      (d)  The board of education shall review the proposed new
 
 6 century school plan to assure that it complies with subsection
 
 7 (c) and section 302A-D.  Unless the board of education finds that
 
 8 the plan conflicts with subsection (c) or section 302A-D, the
 
 9 plan shall become effective within thirty days after its
 
10 submission.  If the board of education finds a conflict with
 
11 subsection (c) or section 302A-D, it shall notify the local
 
12 school board of the finding in writing to enable the local school
 
13 board to appropriately amend the plan to resolve the conflict.
 
14      (e)  The new century schools shall not charge tuition.  The
 
15 State shall afford the local school board of any new century
 
16 school the same protections as the State affords to the state
 
17 board of education.
 
18      §302A-C   New century schools; request for establishment and
 
19 designation.(a)  As an alternative to section 302A-B(b), any
 
20 community may submit a letter of intent to the superintendent for
 
21 the establishment of a new century school in its district.
 
22      (b)  The authors of the letter of intent shall then develop
 
23 an implementation plan, which would include the appointment an
 

 
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 1 interim school board, pursuant to section 302A-B(c); provided
 
 2 that the plan shall also address issues of personnel management,
 
 3 and any funding for the design and construction costs of building
 
 4 or renovating the new century school shall be consistent with the
 
 5 state facilities plan.  The superintendent shall provide support
 
 6 and guidance to the community in formulating an implementation
 
 7 plan which is compliant with sections 302A-B(c) and 302A-D. 
 
 8      (c)  The board of education shall review the completed
 
 9 implementation plan for the proposed new century school to ensure
 
10 its compliance with sections 302A-B(c) and 302A-D.  Unless the
 
11 board finds that the plan conflicts with section 302A-B(c) or
 
12 302A-D, the plan shall become effective within sixty days after
 
13 its submission.  If the board finds a conflict with section
 
14 302A-B(c) or 302A-D, it shall notify the interim local school
 
15 board of the finding in writing to enable the interim local
 
16 school board to appropriately amend the plan to resolve the
 
17 conflict.  If the board of education finds that the proposed new
 
18 century school is compliant, the governor, upon the advice of the
 
19 board of education, shall issue an executive order designating
 
20 the proposed school as a new century school.  The executive order
 
21 shall set forth the provisions by which the new century school
 
22 shall be managed and operated.
 
23      (d)  The interim local school board shall establish the
 

 
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 1 local school board pursuant to section 302A-B(b) no later than
 
 2 thirty days after the governor has designated the school a new
 
 3 century school by executive order.
 
 4      §302A-D  New century schools; exemptions.  Schools
 
 5 designated as new century schools shall be exempt from all
 
 6 applicable state laws; except those regarding:
 
 7      (1)  Collective bargaining under chapter 89; provided that
 
 8           the exclusive representatives and the employers defined
 
 9           in chapter 89 may enter into agreements that contain
 
10           cost and noncost items to facilitate decentralized
 
11           decision-making; and provided further that the
 
12           exclusive representatives and the local school board of
 
13           the new century school may enter into agreements that
 
14           contain cost funded from the current allocation or
 
15           other sources of revenue received by the new century
 
16           school.  These agreements may be entirely different
 
17           than the standard contracts for teachers or school
 
18           administrators; and
 
19      (2)  Discriminatory practices under section 378-2, and
 
20           health and safety requirements;
 
21 provided that new century schools are subject to accepted
 
22 guidelines of ethical practice and shall maintain an accounting
 
23 system which is open to public scrutiny.
 

 
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 1      §302A-E  New century schools; funding. (a)  New century
 
 2 schools shall receive an allocation of state general funds based
 
 3 upon the operational and educational funding requirements of the
 
 4 schools; provided that beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, and
 
 5 every year thereafter, the auditor shall determine the
 
 6 appropriate allocation based on the total department of education
 
 7 general fund appropriation and per pupil expenditure for the
 
 8 previous year; provided that small schools shall be given a
 
 9 subsidy or small school allotment to augment the per pupil
 
10 allocation given; provided further that the legislative auditor
 
11 shall take into consideration any changes to the department's
 
12 budget by the legislature and any applicable collective
 
13 bargaining negotiated amounts; and provided further that the
 
14 allocation for self-contained special education students and for
 
15 other special education students shall be adjusted appropriately
 
16 to reflect the additional expenses incurred for the students in
 
17 these programs.
 
18      (b)  All federal and other financial support for new century
 
19 schools shall be equal to all other public schools; provided that
 
20 if administrative services are provided to the school by the
 
21 department, the school shall reimburse the department for the
 
22 actual costs of the administrative services in an amount that
 
23 does not exceed 6.5 per cent of the school's allocation.  Any new
 

 
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 1 century school shall be eligible to receive any financial grant
 
 2 or award for which any other public school may submit a proposal.
 
 3 All additional funds that are generated by the local school board
 
 4 shall be considered supplementary and may be expended at the
 
 5 discretion of the local school board.
 
 6      §302A-F  New century schools; self-evaluation.(a)  Every
 
 7 new century school shall conduct self-evaluations annually.  The
 
 8 self-evaluation process shall include but not be limited to the
 
 9 following:
 
10      (1)  The identification and adoption of benchmarks to
 
11           measure and evaluate administrative and instructional
 
12           programs as provided in this section;
 
13      (2)  The identification of any administrative and legal
 
14           barriers to meeting the benchmarks, as adopted, and
 
15           recommendations for improvements and modifications to
 
16           address the barriers; and
 
17      (3)  The impact upon the students of the student-centered
 
18           school.
 
19 Every new century school shall submit a report of its
 
20 self-evaluation to the board of education within sixty days after
 
21 the completion of the school year; provided that the department
 
22 shall have thirty days to respond to any recommendation regarding
 
23 improvements and modifications that would directly impact the
 

 
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 1 department.
 
 2      (b)  The board of education shall initiate an independent
 
 3 evaluation each new century school four years after its
 
 4 establishment and every four years thereafter to assure
 
 5 compliance with statewide student performance standards; provided
 
 6 that each new century school established prior to July 1, 1998,
 
 7 shall be evaluated four years after July 1, 1998, and every four
 
 8 years thereafter.  Upon a determination by the board of education
 
 9 that student achievement within a new century school does not
 
10 meet the student performance standards, a new century school
 
11 shall be placed on probationary status and shall have two years
 
12 to bring student performance into compliance with statewide
 
13 standards.  If a new century school fails to meet its
 
14 probationary requirements, or fails to comply with any of the
 
15 requirements of this section, the board of education, upon a
 
16 two-thirds majority vote, may then deny the continuation of the
 
17 new century school.
 
18      §302A-G  New century schools; administrative supervision.
 
19 Whenever any new century school is established under section
 
20 302A-B or 302A-C, the following provisions shall apply except as
 
21 otherwise specifically provided by this chapter:
 
22      (1)  Following consultation with the new century school, the
 
23           board of education shall represent the new century
 

 
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 1           school in communications with the governor and with the
 
 2           legislature;
 
 3      (2)  The financial requirements for state funds of the new
 
 4           century school shall be submitted through the board of
 
 5           education and included in the budget for the
 
 6           department;
 
 7      (3)  The approval of all policies and rules adopted by the
 
 8           new century school shall be preceded by an open public
 
 9           meeting and shall not be subject to chapter 91;
 
10      (4)  The employment, appointment, promotion, transfer,
 
11           demotion, discharge, and job descriptions of all
 
12           officers and employees of or under the jurisdiction of
 
13           the new century school shall be determined by the new
 
14           century school and applicable personnel laws and
 
15           collective bargaining agreements;
 
16      (5)  Except as set forth in this section, the board of
 
17           education or the superintendent of education shall not
 
18           have the power to supervise or control the new century
 
19           school in the exercise of its functions, duties, and
 
20           powers; and
 
21      (6)  Local school boards may enter into an annual business
 
22           contract for centralized services to be provided by the
 
23           department prior to the beginning of each school year.
 

 
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 1      §302A-H  New century schools; mandate to support.  The
 
 2 department, together with key representatives of the major
 
 3 divisions in the department, representatives from the unions, as
 
 4 well as individuals from the new century schools shall
 
 5 collaborate together on a system of technical assistance that
 
 6 will provide a baseline for success of each new century school.
 
 7 In addition, the department, through the board and its
 
 8 superintendent, shall provide any other information and technical
 
 9 assistance upon request necessary to support the establishment
 
10 and expansion of new century schools."
 
11      SECTION 3.  Section 302A-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended as follows:
 
13      1.  By adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted
 
14 and to read:
 
15      ""New century schools" means the implementation of
 
16 alternative frameworks with regard to curriculum; facilities
 
17 management; instructional approach; length of the school day,
 
18 week, or year; and personnel management; and may be a new school
 
19 or include two or more schools acting jointly."
 
20      2.  By repealing the definition of "student-centered
 
21 schools":
 
22      [""Student-centered schools" means the implementation of
 
23 alternative frameworks with regard to curriculum; facilities
 

 
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 1 management; instructional approach; length of the school day,
 
 2 week, or year; and personnel management; and may include two or
 
 3 more schools acting jointly."]
 
 4      SECTION 4.  Section 302A-1302, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 5 amended to read as follows:
 
 6      "§302A-1302  School-based budget flexibility.  Beginning
 
 7 with the 1995-1997 fiscal biennium, the department shall
 
 8 implement school-based budget flexibility for schools, complexes,
 
 9 and learning support centers.  The flexibility shall be limited
 
10 to the school-based budgeting program EDN 100 of the department
 
11 [for all schools except [student-centered schools] new century
 
12 schools defined in section 302A-101; provided that beginning in
 
13 fiscal year 1998-1999, and every year thereafter, the department
 
14 shall distribute the full appropriation due to a
 
15 [student-centered] new century school pursuant to section
 
16 302A-    directly to the [student-centered] new century school."
 
17      SECTION 5.  Section 302A-1123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
18 repealed.
 
19      ["§302A-1123  Student-centered schools; programs and
 
20 administration.(a)  Any public school, up to a total of
 
21 twenty-five schools, may establish a student-centered school,
 
22 which shall be attached to the board of education for
 
23 administrative purposes only as specified under section
 

 
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 1 302A-1123.6; provided that:
 
 2      (1)  Any public school that establishes a student-centered
 
 3           school shall be exempt from all applicable state laws;
 
 4           except those regarding:
 
 5           (A)  Collective bargaining under chapter 89; provided
 
 6                that the exclusive representatives and the
 
 7                employers defined in chapter 89 may enter into
 
 8                agreements that contain cost and noncost items to
 
 9                facilitate decentralized decision-making; and
 
10                provided further that the exclusive bargaining
 
11                unit representatives and the local school board of
 
12                the student-centered school may enter into
 
13                agreements that contain cost and noncost items;
 
14                and provided further that the agreements shall be
 
15                funded from the current allocation or other
 
16                sources of revenue received by the
 
17                student-centered school; 
 
18           (B)  State procurement laws; and
 
19           (C)  Discriminatory practices under section 378-2, and
 
20                health and safety requirements;
 
21      (2)  The school establishes a local school board as its
 
22           governing body composed of, at a minimum, one
 
23           representative from each of the following participant
 

 
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 1           groups:
 
 2           (A)  Principals;
 
 3           (B)  Instructional staff members selected by the school
 
 4                instructional staff;
 
 5           (C)  Support staff selected by the support staff of the
 
 6                school;
 
 7           (D)  Parents of students attending the school selected
 
 8                by the parents of the school;
 
 9           (E)  Student body representatives selected by the
 
10                students of the school; and
 
11           (F)  The community at-large;
 
12      (3)  The local school board may formulate school-based
 
13           educational policy and goals in accordance with
 
14           statewide educational performance standards, adopt
 
15           school performance standards and assessment mechanisms,
 
16           monitor school success, and may select the principal as
 
17           the chief executive officer of the school in accordance
 
18           with paragraph (1)(A).  The principal shall consult and
 
19           work collaboratively with the local school board and
 
20           have jurisdiction over the internal organization,
 
21           operation, and management of the school;
 
22      (4)  The local school board has developed a detailed
 
23           implementation plan containing the elements prescribed
 

 
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 1           under subsection (b) for a student-centered school that
 
 2           has been approved by three-fifths of the school's
 
 3           administrative, support, and teaching personnel, and
 
 4           parents; provided that the school personnel may request
 
 5           their bargaining unit representatives to certify and
 
 6           conduct the elections for their respective bargaining
 
 7           units;
 
 8      (5)  The detailed implementation plan has been submitted to
 
 9           the board of education for review;
 
10      (6)  The detailed implementation plan assures compliance
 
11           with statewide student performance standards;
 
12      (7)  No student-centered school shall charge tuition; and
 
13      (8)  The State shall afford the local school board of any
 
14           student-centered school the same protections as the
 
15           State affords to the state board of education.
 
16      (b)  The detailed implementation plan for the student-
 
17 centered school shall include but not be limited to the
 
18 following:
 
19      (1)  A description of the administrative and educational
 
20           framework;
 
21      (2)  Specific student outcomes to be achieved;
 
22      (3)  The curriculum, instructional framework, and assessment
 
23           mechanisms to be used to achieve student outcomes;
 

 
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 1      (4)  Governance structure of the school;
 
 2      (5)  Facilities management plan; and
 
 3      (6)  Annual financial and program audits.
 
 4      (c)  The board of education shall review the proposed
 
 5 student-centered school plan to assure that it complies with
 
 6 statewide educational performance standards.  Unless the board of
 
 7 education finds that the plan conflicts with statewide
 
 8 educational performance standards, the plan shall become
 
 9 effective within thirty days after its submission.  If the board
 
10 of education finds a conflict with statewide educational
 
11 performance standards, it shall notify the local school board of
 
12 the finding in writing to enable the local school board to
 
13 appropriately amend the plan to resolve the conflict.
 
14      (d)  Student-centered schools shall receive an allocation of
 
15 state general funds based upon the operational and educational
 
16 funding requirements of the schools; provided that:
 
17      (1)  For fiscal year 1998-1999, the allocation shall be
 
18           based on a total per pupil expenditure as determined by
 
19           the legislative auditor; provided that the allocation
 
20           may be adjusted by the auditor to reflect changes to
 
21           the department's budget in the Supplemental
 
22           Appropriations Act of 1998, Act 116, Session Laws of
 
23           Hawaii 1998, and any appropriation made for collective
 

 
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 1           bargaining agreements; and provided further that a
 
 2           school may negotiate an adjusted allocation in order to
 
 3           have the department of education provide services to
 
 4           the school; and
 
 5      (2)  Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, and every year
 
 6           thereafter, the auditor shall determine the appropriate
 
 7           allocation based on the total department of education
 
 8           general fund appropriation and per pupil expenditure
 
 9           for the previous year; provided that the legislative
 
10           auditor shall take into consideration any changes to
 
11           the department's budget by the legislature and any
 
12           collective bargaining negotiated amounts;
 
13 and provided further that the allocation for self-contained
 
14 special education students and for other special education
 
15 students shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect the
 
16 additional expenses incurred for the students in these programs.
 
17      (e)  All federal and other financial support for
 
18 student-centered schools shall be equal to all other public
 
19 schools; provided that if administrative services are provided to
 
20 the school by the department, the school shall reimburse the
 
21 department for the actual costs of the administrative services in
 
22 an amount that does not exceed 6.5 per cent of the school's
 
23 allocation.  Any student-centered school shall be eligible to
 

 
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 1 receive any financial grant or award for which any other public
 
 2 school may submit a proposal.  All additional funds that are
 
 3 generated by the local school board shall be considered
 
 4 supplementary and may be expended at the discretion of the local
 
 5 school board.
 
 6      (f)  Every student-centered school shall conduct
 
 7 self-evaluations annually.  The self-evaluation process shall
 
 8 include but not be limited to the following:
 
 9      (1)  The identification and adoption of benchmarks to
 
10           measure and evaluate administrative and instructional
 
11           programs as provided in this section;
 
12      (2)  The identification of any administrative and legal
 
13           barriers to meeting the benchmarks, as adopted, and
 
14           recommendations for improvements and modifications to
 
15           address the barriers; and
 
16      (3)  The impact upon the students of the student-centered
 
17           school.
 
18 Every student-centered school shall submit a report of its
 
19 self-evaluation to the board of education within sixty days after
 
20 the completion of the school year; provided that the department
 
21 shall have thirty days to respond to any recommendation regarding
 
22 improvements and modifications that would directly impact the
 
23 department.
 

 
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 1      The board of education shall evaluate each student-centered
 
 2 school four years after its establishment to assure compliance
 
 3 with statewide student performance standards, consistent with
 
 4 subsection (a)(3); provided that each student-centered school
 
 5 established prior to July 1, 1998 shall be evaluated four years
 
 6 after July 1, 1998.  Upon a determination by the board of
 
 7 education that student achievement within a student-centered
 
 8 school does not meet the student performance standards, a
 
 9 student-centered school shall be placed on probationary status
 
10 and shall have two years to bring student performance into
 
11 compliance with statewide standards.  If a student-centered
 
12 school fails to meet its probationary requirements, the board of
 
13 education, upon a two-thirds majority vote, may then deny the
 
14 continuation of the student-centered school."]
 
15      SECTION 6.  Section 302A-1123.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
16 repealed.
 
17      ["[§302A-1123.5]  Student-centered schools; mandate to
 
18 support.  The department, through the board and its
 
19 superintendent, shall provide information and technical
 
20 assistance upon request necessary to support the establishment
 
21 and expansion of student-centered schools."]
 
22      SECTION 7.  Section 302A-1123.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
23 repealed. 
 

 
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 1      ["[§302A-1123.6]  Student-centered schools; administrative
 
 2 supervision.  Whenever any student-centered school is established
 
 3 under section 302A-1123, the following provisions shall apply
 
 4 except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter:
 
 5      (1)  Following consultation with the student-centered
 
 6           school, the board of education shall represent the
 
 7           student-centered school in communications with the
 
 8           governor and with the legislature;
 
 9      (2)  The financial requirements for state funds of the
 
10           student-centered school shall be submitted through the
 
11           board of education and included in the budget for the
 
12           department;
 
13      (3)  The approval of all policies and rules adopted by the
 
14           student-centered school shall be preceded by an open
 
15           public meeting and shall not be subject to chapter 91;
 
16      (4)  The employment, appointment, promotion, transfer,
 
17           demotion, discharge, and job descriptions of all
 
18           officers and employees of or under the jurisdiction of
 
19           the student-centered school shall be determined by the
 
20           student-centered school and applicable personnel laws
 
21           and collective bargaining agreements;
 
22      (5)  Except as set forth in this section, the board of
 
23           education or the superintendent of education shall not
 

 
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 1           have the power to supervise or control the
 
 2           student-centered school in the exercise of its
 
 3           functions, duties, and powers."] 
 
 4      SECTION 8.  In codifying the new sections added by section 2
 
 5 of this part, the revisor of statutes shall substitute the
 
 6 appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating
 
 7 the new sections in this part.
 
 8                             PART II.
 
 9      SECTION 9.  Recent studies have found that quality early
 
10 child care and education services have a dramatic long-term
 
11 effect on a child's ability to succeed in school, achieve
 
12 economically, and avoid the criminal justice system.  Early child
 
13 care also benefits the current work force as well, by affecting
 
14 economic initiatives, productivity of workers, and the success of
 
15 state welfare-to-work initiatives.  The legislature finds that it
 
16 is important to create new opportunities for early childhood
 
17 development and education.
 
18      The legislature further finds that these centers are
 
19 particularly important in low income neighborhoods, serving as a
 
20 safe and nurturing place where parents can meet to talk,
 
21 volunteer their services, hold regular meetings about school
 
22 activities and curriculum, as well as attend classes themselves.
 
23      The purpose of this part is to appropriate funds to develop
 

 
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 1 an early childhood development and education center for infants
 
 2 and children up to four years of age in the Kalihi area of
 
 3 Honolulu.  In developing this center, the department of education
 
 4 shall draw on the partnerships already developed between
 
 5 Farrington high school, the University of Hawai`i college of
 
 6 education, VISTA tutors, partners from the community, private
 
 7 businesses, organizations, foundations, and parents.
 
 8      SECTION 10.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 9 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so
 
10 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to
 
11 develop an early childhood education center for infants and
 
12 children up to four years of age in the Kalihi area of Honolulu.
 
13      SECTION 11.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
14 department of education for the purposes of this part.
 
15                             PART III.
 
16      SECTION 12.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
17 New statutory material is underscored.
 
18      SECTION 13.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
 
19 provided that part II of this Act shall take effect on July 1,
 
20 1999.
 

 
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