Bill Text: HI SB2568 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Board of Education; Partially Elected and Partially Appointed Members; Constitutional Amendment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-10 - (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure. [SB2568 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2568-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM AN entirely ELECTED BOARD TO a partially elected, partially APPOINTED BOARD.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that significant changes to the public education system, including clearer accountability for the performance, administration, and progress of the public education system, are needed to improve the quality of education and student achievement. The legislature further finds that changing the process of selecting all members of the board of education by election to a combination of election and appointments by the governor makes the board members more accountable to the governor while still allowing representatives of various geographic areas to elect members of the board of education.
The purpose of this Act is to propose a constitutional amendment to change the method of selection of voting members of the board of education from election to a combination of election and appointment by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from pools of qualified candidates presented to the governor by a newly established board of education candidate nomination commission.
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 members who shall be elected in a nonpartisan manner
by 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.], a minority of whose voting members, but no fewer than five
voting members, shall be elected in a nonpartisan manner by qualified voters, as
provided by law, and a majority of whose voting members shall be appointed by
the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from pools of
qualified candidates presented to the governor by the board of education
candidate nomination commission, as provided by law. 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 a minority, but no fewer than five, of the voting members of the board of education be elected in a nonpartisan manner by qualified voters, as provided by law, and a majority of the voting members of the board of education be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from pools of qualified candidates presented to the governor by the board of education candidate nomination board, as provided by law?"
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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Report Title:
Board of Education; Partially Elected and Partially Appointed Members; Constitutional Amendment
Description:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to require a minority, but no fewer than five, of the voting members of the board of education to be elected, as provided by law, and a majority of the voting members to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, as provided by law.
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