(1) Makes the state superintendent of education responsible for the implementation of statewide educational policy, compliance with state and federal laws, and preparation and execution of a systemwide integrated budget and financial management system;

(2) Requires each regional education agency to be governed by an appointed board of directors, each board of directors to appoint a regional superintendent, and each regional superintendent to serve as the chief administrative officer of that agency's public schools;

(3) Specifies the composition of the board of directors of each regional education agency, the appointing authority for each member of the board of directors, the terms, compensation, and reappointment of directors, and the filling of vacancies on a board of directors;

(4) Makes a regional superintendent responsible for the allocation of regional and school-level personnel, procurement of goods and services, and management of state and federal financial resources allocated to the regional education agency;

(5) Requires each regional superintendent to establish and convene complex-level principal advisory councils to solicit and receive input from school principals regarding regional administrative policies, procedures, and operational issues of concern to them;

(6) Limits the policymaking powers of the state board of education to matters of statewide concern, including the adoption of statewide student performance standards and state assessment models, and the monitoring of student achievement of the standards through these assessments;

(7) Allows the state superintendent of education to appoint a deputy superintendent and assistant superintendents and caps the salary of regional superintendents, at an amount not to exceed eighty per cent of the state superintendent of education's salary;

(8) Expands the concept of school/community-based management to the complex level through a mandate to support school complex-based management by waiving policies and rules that adversely impact individual student achievement or a school's attainment of regional educational goals; and

(9) Makes the board of directors of a regional education agency and the regional superintendent responsible for the prioritization of school repair and maintenance projects and the compilation of a priority list of capital improvement projects within each complex.

(1) Adding a definition of "regional board";

(2) Providing for certain members of regional boards to be appointed by the Governor from lists of nominees submitted by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the State Parent Teacher Student Association in order to mitigate constitutional problems;

(3) Substituting the correct title of the Commander of the United States Pacific Command and requesting, rather than requiring, the Commander to make certain appointments;

(4) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, in order to facilitate continued discussion; and

(5) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity and style.