Bill Text: HI HB148 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Board of Education; Apportionment; Constitutional Amendment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB148 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB148-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Board of Education; Apportionment; Constitutional Amendment
Description:
Requires the board of education to be composed of 17 voting members elected in a nonpartisan manner by the qualified voters of the respective school board districts, as provided by law. Requires each school board district to be composed of 3 representative districts.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN amendment to the hawaii constitution relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to require:
(1) The board of education to be composed of seventeen voting members elected in a nonpartisan manner by the qualified voters of the respective school board districts, as provided by law; and
(2) Each school board district to be composed of three representative districts.
SECTION 2. Article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
"BOARD OF EDUCATION
Section 2. There shall be a board of
education composed of seventeen voting members who shall be elected in a
nonpartisan manner by the qualified voters[, as provided by law, from
two at-large school board districts. The first school board district shall be
comprised of the island of Oahu and all other islands not specifically
enumerated. The second school board district shall be comprised of the islands
of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Kauai and Niihau. Each at-large
school board district shall be divided into departmental school districts, as
may be provided by law. There shall be at least one member residing in each
departmental school district.] of the respective school board districts,
as provided by law. Each school board district shall be composed of three
representative districts. The Hawaii State Student Council shall select a
public high school student to serve as a nonvoting member on the board of
education."
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall:
(1) The board of education be composed of seventeen voting members elected in a nonpartisan manner by the qualified voters of the respective school board districts, as provided by law; and
(2) Each school board district be composed of three representative districts?"
SECTION 4. Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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