CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 142-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2824

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to amend the minimum qualifications for members of the Board of Education to:

(1) Diversify the experiences of the Board to include knowledge, experience, and proven expertise in education, workforce development, critical industries to the State, emerging fields, energy, advanced manufacturing, health care, business, technology, entrepreneurship, real estate finance, or organization management; and

(2) Clarify that members of the Board must have an understanding of best practices in educational governance through organizations such as the National Association of State Boards of Education.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the Board of Education establishes critical educational policy for the State's education system. Your Committee on Conference further finds that schools are expanding their career readiness programs and partnerships with employers to meet the needs of the local and global workforce and community. As a result, the Board of Education must have a sophisticated understanding of policy related to a wide range of subjects. Accordingly, this measure benefits the State's education system by requiring Board of Education members to have diversified backgrounds, expertise, and perspectives, in addition to knowledge about best practices from expert organizations.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2022.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair	____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Co-Chair