Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2033, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to propose an amendment to the State Constitution to abolish the Board of Education (BOE) and require the Governor to appoint the Superintendent of Education (Superintendent) with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of individuals nominated by a superintendent selection commission.

Your Committee received testimony supporting the bill from the Representative from the 48^th District. The Department of Education, Board of Education, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in opposition to the bill. Your Committee also received comments from the Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting the provision that the Superintendent supervise and manage the statewide system of public education. The bill already requires the Superintendent to formulate statewide educational policy. Your Committee was informed by your Committee on Education that another bill is progressing through the legislative process, which proposes statutory changes to govern the administration of the Department of Education under the Superintendent.

Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2033, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2033, H.D. 2.