STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1058-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2189

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. 2189 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Remove the Governor's authority to select the Chairperson of the Board of Education;

(2) Authorize the majority of the members of the Board of Education to elect a Chairperson of the Board from among the members of the Board; and

(3) Remove the requirement that the Chairperson of the Board of Education be an at-large member.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Board of Education.

Your Committee finds that existing law requires the Governor to select the Chairperson of the Board of Education from one of the at-large members of the Board. Your Committee believes that placing the responsibility for the selection of the Chairperson of the Board of Education with the Board itself, rather than the Governor, will streamline the process for selecting the Chairperson and promote the efficient operation of the Board.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

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. 2189, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2189, 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