Bill Text: HI SB967 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The State Public Charter School Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB967 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB967-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302D-3 State public charter school commission; establishment; appointment. (a) There is established the state public charter school commission with statewide chartering jurisdiction and authority. The commission shall be placed within the department for administrative purposes only. Notwithstanding section 302D-25 and any law to the contrary, the commission shall be subject to chapter 92.
(b) The mission of the commission shall be to authorize high-quality public charter schools throughout the State.
(c)
The commission shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the
board. The board shall appoint members
who will be tasked with authorizing public charter schools that serve the
unique and diverse needs of public school students. The chair of the commission shall be
designated by the members of the commission for each school year beginning July
1, and whenever there is a vacancy. The
board shall consider the combination of abilities, breadth of experiences, and
characteristics of the commission, including but not limited to reflecting the
diversity of the student population, geographical representation, and a broad
representation of education-related stakeholders. The commission shall be exempt from sections
26‑34 and 26-36.
(d)
Understanding that the role of the commission is to ensure a long-term
strategic vision for Hawaii's public charter schools, each nominee to the
commission shall meet the following minimum qualifications:
(1) Commitment to education. Each nominee's record should demonstrate a
deep and abiding interest in education, and a dedication to the social,
academic, and character development of young people through the administration
of a high performing charter school system;
(2) Record of integrity, civic virtue, and high
ethical standards. Each nominee shall
demonstrate integrity, civic virtue, and high ethical standards and be willing
to hold fellow commission members to the same;
(3) Availability for constructive engagement. Each nominee shall commit to being a
conscientious and attentive commission member; and
(4) Knowledge of best practices. Each nominee shall have an understanding of
best practices in charter school educational governance or shall be willing to
be trained in such.
(e)
Each nominee to the commission shall ideally meet the following
recommended qualifications:
(1) Experience governing complex
organizations. Each nominee should
possess experience with complex organizations, including but not limited to
performance contract management, and a proven ability to function productively
within them; and
(2) Collaborative leadership ability. Each nominee should have substantial
leadership experience that ideally illustrates the nominee's ability to
function among diverse colleagues as an effective team member, with the ability
to articulate, understand, and help shape consensus surrounding commission
policies.
(f)
Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum to conduct
business. Any action taken by the
commission shall be by a simple majority of the members of the commission who
are present; provided that any action of the commission that may be appealed
pursuant to section 302D-15 shall require a concurrence of at least five
members to be valid.
(g)
Commission members shall serve not more than three consecutive
three-year terms, with each term beginning on July 1; provided that the
initial terms that commence after June 30, 2012, shall be staggered as
follows:
(1) Three members, including the chairperson, to
serve three-year terms;
(2) Three members to serve two-year terms; and
(3) Three members to serve one-year terms.
(h) Notwithstanding the terms of the members, the board may fill vacancies in the commission at any time when a vacancy occurs due to resignation, non-participation, the request of a majority of the commission members, or termination by the board for cause.
(i)
Commission members shall receive no compensation. When commission duties require that a
commission member take leave of the member's duties as a state employee, the
appropriate state department shall allow the commission member to be placed on
administrative leave with pay and shall provide substitutes, when necessary, to
fulfill that member's departmental duties.
Members shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in
the conduct of official commission business.
(j)
The commission shall operate with dedicated resources and staff
qualified to execute the day-to-day responsibilities of the commission pursuant
to this chapter. Beginning with the
2015-2016 fiscal year, the legislature shall make an appropriation to the
commission separate from, and in addition to, any appropriation made to charter
schools pursuant to sections 302D-28 and 302D-29.5.
(k) The commission shall have the power to hire staff without regard to chapters 76 and 89. The commission shall determine staff wages, hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions for employment in accordance with chapter 89C.
(l) The commission shall have the power to
establish and fund charter school prekindergarten classrooms."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 for the state public charter school commission to establish and fund charter school prekindergarten classrooms.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the state public charter school commission for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
State Public Charter School Commission; Prekindergarten Classrooms; Appropriation
Description:
Authorizes the state public charter school commission to establish and fund charter school prekindergarten classrooms. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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