Bill Text: HI HB339 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Schools; Reconstitution
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB339 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB339-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 86
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.B. No. 339
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 339 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECONSTITUTING SCHOOLS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to help increase the quality of education in Hawaii by authorizing the Superintendent of Education to:
(1) Reconstitute public schools, except for charter schools, that are in restructuring for four or more school years; and
(2) Recommend to the Charter School Review Panel actions that should be taken to reconstitute a charter school that has been in restructuring for four or more school years, including the revocation of school's charter.
The Department of Education and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and a concerned individual opposed this measure. The Hawaii Charter Schools Network provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying that charter schools are excepted from the Superintendent's authorization to reconstitute a public school.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 339, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 339, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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