Report Title:

School Community Councils; Appeals Process

Description:

Permits a school community council to appeal directly to the Board of Education.  Also allows individual members of a school community council to appeal to the BOE.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1482
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATED 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 (g) to read as follows:

     "(g)  The principal shall have the authority to set aside any decision made by the school community council if the principal determines it to be in the best interests of the school; provided that the principal notifies the school community council.  If the school community council, or any individual member of the school community council, opposes a decision of the principal, an appeal shall [first] be brought to [the complex area superintendent for resolution and, if necessary, to the superintendent and, finally, to] the board of education[.] for resolution."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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