HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1554 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION relating TO the powers of the board of education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article X, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to subject policy decisions made by the board of education to approval by an education advisory council.
SECTION 2. Article X, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
"POWER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Section 3. The board of education shall have the power, as provided by law, to formulate statewide educational policy and appoint the superintendent of education as the chief executive officer of the public school system. The policy decisions of the board of education, including curricula requirements, shall be implemented contingent upon approval by the education advisory council."
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the educational policy decisions of the Board of Education be subject to approval by an education advisory council?"
SECTION 4. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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Report Title:
Constitutional Amendments; Power of the Board of Education; Education Advisory Council
Description:
Amends the Hawaii Constitution to make policy decisions made by the board of education subject to approval by an education advisory council.
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