THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	423
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302L-1.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) The board shall consist of the following voting members:

(1) One voting member from the county of Hawaii;

(2) One voting member from the county of Maui;

(3) One voting member from the county of Kauai;

(4) Three voting members from the city and county of Honolulu; and

(5) Three at-large voting members.

The superintendent of education, director of human services, director of health, [and] president of the [University] university of Hawaii, and director of the Hawaii head start state collaboration office shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the board.

The board shall invite the chief executive officer of Kamehameha Schools [and], the executive director of the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, president of the Head Start Association of Hawaii, or their designees, to serve as ex officio, non-voting members of the board. The board shall invite a representative of local providers of early childhood education and development services to serve as an ex officio, non-voting member if no voting member fulfills this role."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

Early Learning Board; Composition; Membership; Hawaii Head Start State Collaboration Office; Head Start Association of Hawaii

Description:

Adds the Director of the Hawaii Head Start State Collaboration Office, or their designee, as an ex officio, non-voting member to the Early Learning Board. Requires the Early Learning Board to invite the President of the Head Start Association of Hawaii, or their designee, to serve as an ex officio, non-voting member of the Board. Requires the Early Learning Board to invite a representative of local providers of early childhood education and development services to serve as an ex officio, non-voting member if no voting member fulfills that role. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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