STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2954

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2824

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the minimum qualifications for members of the Board of Education.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from HawaiiKidsCAN. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Board of Education.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii continues to be a place that is losing population and research shows that a significant number of young and educated former residents now call other states their home. Addressing and fundamentally changing this trajectory will require cross-sector strategies that look at how we are equipping our young people to live, play, and work in Hawaii. However, as educational opportunities and schools continue to become more innovative and sophisticated, policy leaders at the Hawaii Board of Education will increasingly need to understand and foresee how the K-12, higher education, and workforce sectors dynamically intersect, and how technology and entrepreneurial skills will play a larger role into the future. This measure will leverage the diverse perspectives and backgrounds in our community to chart a new and better course for local education.

Your Committee notes that there are questions as to what the qualifications in the measure specifically require and how it will be determined that members of the Board of Education are in compliance.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair