STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1925

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 107

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 107, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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) Require a majority of the members of the Board of Education, rather than the Governor, to elect a chairperson from among the members of the Board;

(2) Authorize the members of the Board of Education to annually elect a chairperson upon the start of the next confirmed term for Board members; and

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

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 107, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair