(1) Provides consistency and clarity for statutes relating to the administration and governance of charter schools by recodifying and reorganizing the statutes into a new chapter;

(2) Renames new century charter schools and new century conversion charter schools as "charter schools" and "conversion charter schools," respectively;

(3) Clarifies that conversion charter schools fall under the category of "charter schools" but distinguishing between the procedures for establishing charter schools and conversion charter schools by creating separate sections for each;

(4) Provides that conversion charter schools may be a new school consisting of programs or sections of existing public school programs or sections of existing public school populations that are part of a separate Hawaiian Language Immersion Program and using existing public school facilities;

(5) Renames the Charter School Review Panel as the Charter School Authorization Panel, expanding its membership, and assigning it the role of charter school authorizer;

(6) Sets limits on the amount a nonprofit organization can contribute annually per pupil, toward the operation of a conversation charter school;

(7) Clarifies and enhances the powers and duties of the Charter School Administrative Office (CSAO) and its executive director;

(8) Empowers the local school boards of the charter schools to negotiate memorandum of agreements of supplemental collective bargaining agreements with the exclusive representatives of their employees;

(9) Allows civil service employees of a conversion charter school to retain their civil service status in the Department of Education (DOE) Human Resources Civil Service System; and

(10) Amends other parts of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to maintain consistency with the provisions of the new chapter relating to charter schools.

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.