Report Title:
Education; Principals Authority; School Community Council
Description:
Clarifies that each school community council shall approve a school's academic plans and recommend those plans for approval by the complex area superintendent. Requires the council to ensure that those plans are "consistent" with educational accountability, rather than "aligned". (HB844 HD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
844 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302A-1124, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department, through the board and its superintendent, shall establish a school community council system under which each public school, excluding new century charter schools and new century conversion charter schools, shall create and maintain a school community council. Each school community council shall:
(1) Review and evaluate the school's academic plan and financial plan, and either recommend revisions of the plans to the principal, or [recommend] approve the plans [for approval] and recommend that the plans be approved by the complex area superintendent;
(2) Ensure that the school's academic and financial plans are [aligned] consistent with the educational accountability system under section 302A-1004;
(3) Participate in principal selection and evaluation, and transmit any such evaluations to the complex area superintendent; and
(4) Provide collaborative opportunities for input and consultation."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.