SB1143

SECTION 1. Section 302A-1103, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-1103 Principal; authority and responsibility. The role of the principal shall include but not be limited to overseeing the day-to-day management of the school, the primary function of which is to develop and deliver instructional services to students in accordance with statewide educational policy and to enable students to meet or exceed statewide academic standards. The principal shall:

(1) Ensure that the curriculum facilitates the achievement of the statewide student performance standards adopted for the public school system;

(2) [~~Develop and present to the school community council for its review and approval, academic and financial plans relating to the school;~~] With the school's faculty, shall collaboratively develop the academic and financial plan along with input from the school community council. The principal shall present to the school community council for its review and approval, the final academic and financial plans relating to the school;

(3) [~~Exercise authority over the implementation of the budget, policies, and operations of the school; and~~] In accordance with the approved academic and financial plans, relevant board of education and department of education rules, policies, regulations, and procedures, shall exercise authority over the implementation of the budget, policies, and operations of the school; and

(4) Collaborate with other principals in the principal's school complex to ensure that:

(A) Logical, sequential curricula are adopted within the school complex;

(B) Best practices are shared among and implemented by schools within the school complex;

(D) The use of school complex-based personnel and contractors who divide their time between more than one school in a school complex is coordinated to maximize efficiency; and

(E) The passage of students through the continuum of grades is coordinated in a manner consistent with section 302A-1004."

SECTION 2. Section 302A-1124, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

"(e) Unless otherwise specified, each school community council shall establish policies governing the council's composition, election, staggered terms of office for members, operation, and vacancies; provided that:

(1) The number of school personnel [on] any school community council shall be equal to the number of primary stakeholders on the school community council;

(2) At the elementary and middle school levels, each school community council shall be composed of the principal and at least one member representing each of the following groups:

(A) Parents elected by ballots distributed among and collected from the parents of the school’s students;

(B) Teachers elected by ballots [~~distributed among and collected from teachers of the school;~~] through a process determined by the exclusive representative;

(C) Noncertificated school personnel elected by ballots distributed among and collected from noncertificated personnel of the school;

(D) Community representatives elected by ballots distributed among and collected from parents of the school's students; and

(E) Student representatives selected by the student council of the school; and

(3) At the high school level, each school community council shall be composed of the principal and at least one member representing each of the following groups:

(A) Parents elected by ballots distributed among and collected from parents of the school’s students;

(B) Teachers elected by ballots [~~distributed among and collected from teachers of the school;~~] through a process determined by the exclusive representative;

(C) Noncertificated school personnel elected by ballots distributed among and collected from noncertificated personnel of the school;

(D) Community representatives elected by ballots distributed among and collected from the parents of the school's students; and

(E) Student representatives selected by the student council of the school.

For the purposes of this subsection, "primary stakeholders" means students, parents, and community members."

SECTION 3. Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, is amended by amending section 34 to read as follows:

"SECTION 34. Ultimately all education reform must be driven by the needs of students. Students are the primary clients served by the public education system and they must be served well by providing them with access to the tools they need to succeed, a nurturing environment conducive to learning, and supplementary opportunities for growth that facilitate their development.

The legislature finds that much of an individual's cognitive, emotional, and social development takes place in their earliest years of life. To a significant extent, opportunities during this age set the parameters for an individual's development throughout the rest of the individual's life. The legislature further finds that grade three is a pivotal year in preparation for the No Child Left Behind Act's assessment plans. For this reason, children in the preceding grades should be provided with the instructional support needed to ensure superior performance in assessment instruments mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.

For these reasons, the Legislature finds that a class size of not more than twenty-five students per teacher [~~to be advisable~~] in kindergarten, grade one, and grade two classrooms.

The purpose of this part is to appropriate funding to:

(1) Provide mathematics textbooks and other mathematics learning materials;

(2) Reduce class size in kindergarten, grade one, and grade two;

(3) Provide for full-time, year-round, high school student activity coordinators; and

(4) Programs that support parents in working with students who need additional help to succeed in school provided the programs have measurable outcomes."

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, to reduce kindergarten class size.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, for establishing new teacher advisors/peer assistance mentors on a ratio of fifteen new teachers to one new teacher advisor/peer assistance mentor.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1143
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII