Bill Text: HI HB1347 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Charter Schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [HB1347 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB1347-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302D-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302D-32 Annual audit or
financial review[.]; access to records. [Each] (a) The authorizer shall require each charter
school [shall] to annually complete an independent financial
audit that complies with the requirements of its [authorizer] charter
contract and the department and is performed by an independent auditor
selected and determined by the authorizer; provided that the authorizer
shall have the discretion to allow a financial review in lieu of an independent
financial audit.
(b) Each charter school shall provide access to
all of its records to its authorizer, the legislature, and other state agencies
with jurisdiction over charter school funds.
(c) The authorizer, the legislature, or other
state agencies with jurisdiction over charter school funds may cause a search
to be made from any records in the custody of a charter school, without payment
of any fee.
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Each charter school shall search and furnish its records,
or any portion thereof, upon the request of its authorizer, the legislature, or
other state agencies with jurisdiction over charter school funds.
(e) As used in this section, "records"
means financial accounts, accounting systems, books, files, papers, and
documents."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Charter Schools; Audit or Financial Review; Access to Records
Description:
Requires that annual charter school audits be performed by an auditor selected by the authorizer. Requires charter schools to provide access to all or any part of its records to its authorizer, the legislature, and other state agencies with jurisdiction over charter school funds, without payment of a fee.
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