Bill Text: HI HB1347 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Charter Schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to EDU, WAM. [HB1347 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1347-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302D-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302D-32 Annual audit or
financial review[.]; access to records. [Each] (a) The authorizer shall require each charter
school [shall] to annually complete an independent financial
audit that complies with the requirements of its [authorizer] charter
contract and the department[;] and is performed by an independent
auditor selected and determined by the authorizer; provided that the
authorizer shall have the discretion to allow a financial review in lieu of an
independent financial audit.
(b) Each charter school shall provide access to
all of its records to its authorizer.
(c) The authorizer may cause a search to be made
from any records in the custody of a charter school, without payment of any
fee.
(d)
Each charter school shall search and furnish its records,
or any portion thereof, upon the request of its authorizer.
(e) As used in this section, "records"
means financial accounts, accounting systems, books, files, papers, and
documents."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Charter Schools; Audit or Financial Review; Access to Records
Description:
Requires that annual charter school audits be performed by an auditor selected by the authorizer. Requires charter schools to provide access to all or any part of its records to its authorizer without payment of a fee. (HB1347 HD1)
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