STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. 3218

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1937

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1937, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require that the military representative on the Board of Education (BOE) be seated with board members when attending official meetings.

This measure also requires the military representative to participate in the discussions and debates about BOE matters, except executive sessions, when the subject matter impacts students of military families.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the State Department of Defense and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

This measure enables the military families who have students enrolled in public schools to have a more responsive advisory role regarding the State's education policies and departmental actions. Your Committee believes that the large number of military students enrolled in public schools requires the active participation of the military in the decision-making process at the policy-making level of the BOE.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1937, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

		____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair