STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.866-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 3007

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 3007, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow greater autonomy to New Century Charter Schools (Charter Schools), other innovative schools, and alternative learning programs by:

(1) Establishing a nine-person Innovative Schools Commission (Commission), administratively attached to the Department of Education (DOE), to formulate policy for Charter Schools, other innovative schools, and alternative learning programs; and

(2) Requiring that the members of the Commission be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of nominees presented to the Governor by innovative schools.

The Office of Information Practices, DOE, and Hawaii Government Employees Association commented on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3007, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3007, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

 

		____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair