STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1320-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2180

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2180, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Governor to nominate members for reappointment to the Board of Education at least one hundred fifty days prior to the expiration of the member's term;

(2) Require the Senate to consider the reconfirmation of the Board of Education member at least sixty days prior to the member's term expires;

(3) Clarify that Board of Education members shall not serve as holdover Board members beyond the end of the first Regular Session of the Legislature following the expiration of the member's term unless duly appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate;

(4) Immediately disqualify from service any holdover Board of Education member whose nomination is withdrawn by the Governor prior to the holdover member's confirmation by the Senate; and

(5) Require the Governor to annually submit to the Senate a list of names of any vacancies filled by interim appointment, the number of any vacancies filled by interim appointment, and the number of vacancies on the Board of Education.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure will improve the existing nomination, appointment, and confirmation process for Board of Education members and promote the efficient operation of the Board.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2051; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2180, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2180, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair