REPORT TITLE:
Board of education


DESCRIPTION:
Proposes an amendment to article X, section 2, of the
Constitution of the State of Hawaii to include a representative
from the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command to
serve as a nonvoting member on the board of education.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
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 COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF
   EDUCATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an
 
 2 amendment to article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the
 
 3 State of Hawaii to change the composition of the board of
 
 4 education by adding another nonvoting member to its membership.
 
 5      SECTION 2.  Article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the
 
 6 State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
 
 7                        "BOARD OF EDUCATION
 
 8      Section 2.  There shall be a board of education composed of
 
 9 members who shall be elected in a nonpartisan manner by qualified
 
10 voters, as provided by law, from two at-large school board
 
11 districts.  The first school board district shall be [comprised]
 
12 composed of the island of Oahu and all other islands not
 
13 specifically enumerated.  The second school board district shall
 
14 be [comprised] composed of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai,
 
15 Molokai, Kahoolawe, Kauai and Niihau.  Each at-large school board
 
16 district shall be divided into departmental school districts, as
 
17 may be provided by law.  There shall be at least one member
 
18 residing in each departmental school district.  The Hawaii State
 
19 Student Council shall select a public high school student to
 

 
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 1 serve as a nonvoting member on the board of education.  A
 
 2 representative from the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific
 
 3 Command shall serve as a nonvoting member on the board of
 
 4 education."
 
 5      SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall
 
 6 be as follows:
 
 7      "Shall the composition of the board of education be changed
 
 8      to include a representative from the Commander in Chief,
 
 9      United States Pacific Command to serve as a nonvoting member
 
10      on the board of education?"
 
11      SECTION 4.  Constitutional material to be repealed is
 
12 bracketed.  New constitutional material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 5.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance
 
14 with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of
 
15 Hawaii.
 
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