STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2995

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2189

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2189 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent 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 from among the members of the Board; and

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

Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Board of Education.

Your Committees find that the requirement for the Chairperson of the Board of Education to be selected by the Governor from among the at-large members hinders the Board's ability to operate and function efficiently. Moreover, it is important for the Chairperson of the Board of Education to reflect the collective authority of the Board. Accordingly, this measure places responsibility for the selection of the Chairperson of the Board of Education with the Board instead of the Governor.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2189 and recommend that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair