Report Title:

Charter Schools; Civil Service Status

Description:

Clarifies civil service status of employees at 2 conversion charter schools, Waialae and Lanikai elementary schools.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1120
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to charter schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 302B-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Civil service employees of department schools shall retain their civil service status upon the conversion of their school to a conversion charter school[.], including those at Waialae and Lanikai elementary schools.  Positions in a conversion charter school that would be civil service in a department public school shall be civil service positions and subject to chapter 76.  An employee with civil service status at a conversion charter school who transfers, is promoted, or takes a voluntary demotion to another civil service position shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, and benefits of continuous, uninterrupted civil service.  Civil service employees of a conversion charter school shall have civil service status in the department's civil service system and shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, and benefits as other civil service employees employed by the department.  Exempt employees as provided in section 76-16(b)(11)(B) of a conversion charter school shall have support services personnel status in the department's support services personnel system and shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, and benefits as other exempt employees employed by the department in their support services personnel system."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

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