Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 32, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Board of Education (BOE) to conduct a community meeting at each school complex at least four times per year.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill. BOE submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committee finds that there is a widespread public perception that BOE members fail to make themselves adequately accessible at the community level. This bill attempts to alleviate the concern by requiring BOE to conduct community meetings at each school complex. Your Committee would also like to note that the bill calls for a minimum of one BOE member to be present at each meeting, not the full board.

Your Committee has amended this bill to require BOE to conduct a community meeting at each school complex area at least two times per year.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 32, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 32, H.D. 2, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.