Bill Text: HI SB750 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; Reconstituting Schools

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB750 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB750-Introduced.html

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Report Title:

Education; Reconstituting Schools

 

Description:

Authorizes the superintendent of education, notwithstanding collective bargaining agreements, memorandums of agreement or memorandums of understanding, to reconstitute any public school except a charter school; recommends to the charter school review panel specific actions that should be taken to reconstitute a charter school; and recommends that the charter school review panel revoke a charter for any school that has been in restructuring for three or more years.

 

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	750
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to schools.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that a public school, including a charter school, which has been identified as a school in restructuring for three years or more and has not made significant growth in academic performance, needs to be reconstituted using extraordinary measures.  Such schools must be dramatically reconstituted to ensure that students make adequate academic growth.

     The purpose of this Act is to strengthen public education by authorizing the superintendent of education to:

     (1)  Notwithstanding collective bargaining agreements, memorandums of agreement or memorandums of understanding, reconstitute any public school except a charter school;

     (2)  Recommend to the charter school review panel specific actions that should be taken to reconstitute a charter school; and

     (3)  Recommend that the charter school review panel revoke a charter for any school that has been in restructuring for three or more years.

SECTION 2.  Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follow:

     "§302A‑    Reconstituting schools.  (a)  Notwithstanding collective bargaining agreements, memorandums of agreement, or memorandums of understanding, the superintendent may reconstitute any public school except a charter school that has been in restructuring, as defined in the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), for more than three school years.

     (b)  The superintendent, in any school except a charter school, may take action including, but not limited to:  replacing all or most staff including teachers, principals, and other support staff; entering into contracts with private entities to manage schools; and changing the membership of the school community council.

     (c)  The superintendent may recommend to the charter school review panel actions that should be taken to reconstitute a charter school and may recommend that the charter school review panel revoke a charter school's charter.

     (d)  The board of education shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 as may be necessary to implement this section."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________