REPORT TITLE:
Board of Education; Local
Districts


DESCRIPTION:
Gives elected local school boards of education control of schools
at the district level, including budgetary and personnel
authority; provides for incremental dismantaling of central DOE
with personnel returned to district offices and classrooms.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.457        
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO BOARD OF EDUCATION.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§      Local school boards; empowerment.  Each local school
 
 5 board organized under this chapter shall have exclusive
 
 6 responsibility and control over all matters concerning public
 
 7 schools located within each respective school district, including
 
 8 the formulation of districtwide educational policy, budgetary and
 
 9 personnel authority.
 
10      (b) All current administrative and management functions
 
11 performed by the department shall be transferred to each local
 
12 school board established under this chapter.  The department
 
13 shall take all steps necessary, including the adoption of all
 
14 necessary rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 91 and the
 
15 transfer of all personnel as appropriate, to insure that this
 
16 transition occurs without disruption.  As appropriate, all
 
17 department personnel shall return to district offices and to
 
18 classrooms."
 
19      SECTION 2.  Section 13-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 

 
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 1 amended to read as follows:
 
 2      "13-1 Board members; number.(a) [The board] Each of the
 
 3 four local boards of education shall consist of [thirteen] seven 
 
 4 members who shall be elected by the registered voters of [two at-
 
 5 large] each respective school board [districts] district as
 
 6 follows:
 
 7      [First school board district:  the island of Oahu, comprised
 
 8 of the 11th through the 48th and a portion of the 49th (that
 
 9 portion found on the island of Oahu) representative districts,
 
10 and the
 
11      Second school board district:  the islands of Hawaii, Maui,
 
12 Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Kauai, and Niihau, comprised of the
 
13 1st through the 10th, a portion of the 49th (that portion found
 
14 on the island of Kauai), and the 50th and 51st representative
 
15 districts.
 
16      (b)  Ten members shall be elected at-large from the first
 
17 school board district.  Of the ten members elected at-large from
 
18 that district, one shall be a resident of the third departmental
 
19 school district (Honolulu), one shall be a resident of the fourth
 
20 departmental school district (Central Oahu), one shall be a
 
21 resident of the fifth departmental school district (Leeward
 
22 Oahu), and one shall be a resident of the sixth departmental
 
23 school district (Windward Oahu).
 

 
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 1      (c)  Three members shall be elected at-large from the second
 
 2 school board district.  Of the three members elected at-large
 
 3 from that district, one shall be a resident of the first
 
 4 departmental school district (Hawaii), one shall be a resident of
 
 5 the second departmental school district (Maui), and one shall be
 
 6 a resident of the seventh departmental school district (Kauai).
 
 7      (d)  The departmental school districts shall be as follows:
 
 8      First departmental school district (Hawaii):  the island of
 
 9 Hawaii comprised of the 1st through the 5th and a portion of the
 
10 6th (that portion found on the island of Hawaii) representative
 
11 districts;
 
12      Second departmental school district (Maui):  the islands of
 
13 Maui, Molokai (including the county of Kalawao), Lanai, and
 
14 Kahoolawe comprised of a portion of the 6th (that portion found
 
15 on the island of Maui) and the 7th through the 10th
 
16 representative districts;
 
17      Third departmental school district (Honolulu):  that portion
 
18 of the island of Oahu comprised of the 21st through the 41st
 
19 representative districts;
 
20      Fourth departmental school district (Central Oahu):  that
 
21 portion of the island of Oahu comprised of the 11th through the
 
22 14th and the 45th representative districts;
 
23      Fifth departmental school district (Leeward Oahu):  that
 

 
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 1 portion of the island of Oahu comprised of the 42nd through the
 
 2 44th, the 46th through the 48th and a portion of the 49th (that
 
 3 portion found on the island of Oahu) representative districts;
 
 4      Sixth departmental school district (Windward Oahu):  that
 
 5 portion of the island of Oahu comprised of the 15th through the
 
 6 20th representative districts; and
 
 7      Seventh departmental school district (Kauai):  the islands
 
 8 of Kauai and Niihau comprised of a portion of the 49th (that
 
 9 portion found on the island of Kauai) and the 50th and 51st
 
10 representative districts.] The first school board district:
 
11 (Hilo/Kona) that portion of the island of Hawaii comprised of the
 
12 county of Hawaii;
 
13      The second school board district:  (Maui) the islands of
 
14 Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Kahoolawe, comprised of the county of
 
15 Maui;
 
16      The third school district: (Kauai and Niihau) the islands of
 
17 Kauai and Niihau, comprised of the county of Kauai;
 
18      The fourth school district:  (Honolulu)  that portion of
 
19 Oahu comprised of the city and county of Honolulu."
 
20      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
21 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so
 
22 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, for
 
23 the establishment of each local school board and the
 

 
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 1 decentralization of the department of education.
 
 2      SECTION 4.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 3 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 
 4      SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 5 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 6      SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 8                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________
 
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