REPORT TITLE:
BOE


DESCRIPTION:
Proposes to make the student member of the Board of Education a
voting member.  (HB283 HD2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
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      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an
 
 2 amendment to article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the
 
 3 State of Hawaii to change the status of the public high school
 
 4 student member on the board of education from that of a nonvoting
 
 5 member to that of a voting member, with the exception that the
 
 6 student member shall not be permitted to vote on matters
 
 7 regarding personnel.
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the
 
 9 State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
 
10                        "BOARD OF EDUCATION
 
11      Section 2.  There shall be a board of education composed of
 
12 members who shall be elected in a nonpartisan manner by qualified
 
13 voters, as provided by law, from two at-large school board
 
14 districts.  The first school board district shall be comprised of
 
15 the island of Oahu and all other islands not specifically
 
16 enumerated.  The second school board district shall be comprised
 
17 of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Kauai
 
18 and Niihau.  Each at-large school board district shall be divided
 
19 into departmental school districts, as may be provided by law.
 

 
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 1 There shall be at least one member residing in each departmental
 
 2 school district.  The Hawaii State Student Council shall select a
 
 3 public high school student to serve as a [nonvoting] voting
 
 4 member on the board of education[.], with the exception that the
 
 5 student member shall not be permitted to vote upon matters
 
 6 regarding personnel."
 
 7      SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall
 
 8 be as follows:
 
 9      "Shall the public high school student selected by the Hawaii
 
10      State Student Council to serve as a nonvoting member on the
 
11      board of education be made into a voting member, with the
 
12      exception that the student member shall not be permitted to
 
13      vote upon matters regarding personnel?"
 
14      SECTION 4.  Constitutional material to be repealed is
 
15 bracketed.  New constitutional material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 5.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance
 
17 with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of
 
18 Hawaii.