REPORT TITLE: 
Education


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes the Hawaii state student council, with student
representatives from each departmental school district; requires
the council to conduct an annual conference of secondary school
students; and requires the council to determine whether to
select the student member of the BOE or to run an election.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                S.D. 1
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 legislature finds that the Hawaii state
 
 2 student council has been functioning for many years.  However,
 
 3 although the council is mentioned in the state constitution, it
 
 4 has never been formally established in statute.  In establishing
 
 5 the council statutorily, this Act continues the operations of the
 
 6 existing council and requires it to:
 
 7      (1)  Determine its composition and governance policies;
 
 8      (2)  Select or run an election for the student member of the
 
 9           board of education; and
 
10      (3)  Conduct an annual conference of secondary students.
 
11      SECTION 2.  Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended by adding a new section to part II to be appropriately
 
13 designated and to read as follows:
 
14      "§302A-    Hawaii state student council.  (a)  There is
 
15 established within the department for administrative purposes the
 
16 Hawaii state student council, which shall consist of
 
17 representation from each departmental school district.
 
18      (b)  The council shall conduct an annual conference, not to
 
19 exceed three consecutive days, of secondary school students, or
 

 
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 1 those students in grades seven to twelve.  The conference shall
 
 2 enable students to identify, discuss, and arrive at recommended
 
 3 solutions to major youth problems, with emphasis on school
 
 4 problems that require the attention of and joint action by the
 
 5 students, the department, the board, and the legislature.
 
 6 Alternately, the conference topic may be the governance of the
 
 7 council itself.
 
 8      (c)  The council shall determine whether it shall directly
 
 9 select the student member of the board or whether it shall run an
 
10 election to select that individual.
 
11      (d)  The council shall establish policies and procedures
 
12 governing its operations, including the selection and number of
 
13 council members, without regard to the public notice, public
 
14 hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91,
 
15 but subject to the open meeting requirements of chapter 92.
 
16      (e)  The department shall assign a staff member to assist
 
17 the council, to be known as staff adviser to the Hawaii state
 
18 student council."
 
19      SECTION 3.  Chapter 317, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
20 repealed.
 
21      SECTION 4.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
22      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 

 
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