THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2570
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 2

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM AN ELECTED BOARD TO AN APPOINTED BOARD.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Article X, section 2, of the Hawaii Constitution is amended to read as follows:

"BOARD OF EDUCATION

     Section 2.  There shall be a board of education [composed of members who shall be elected in a nonpartisan manner by qualified voters, as provided by law, from two at-large school board districts.  The first school board district shall be comprised of the island of Oahu and all other islands not specifically enumerated.  The second school board district shall be comprised of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Kauai and Niihau.  Each at-large school board district shall be divided into departmental school districts, as may be provided by law.  There shall be at least one member residing in each departmental school district.  The Hawaii State Student Council shall select a public high school student to serve as a nonvoting member on the board of education].  The governor shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint the members of the board of education, as provided by law.

     The transition from an elected to an appointed board of education shall be as provided by law."

    SECTION 2.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

     "Shall the members of the Board of Education be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed by the Governor, as provided by law, with a period of transition as provided by law?"

     SECTION 3.  Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New constitutional material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Hawaii Constitution.

Report Title:

Constitutional Amendment; Board of Education

 

Description:

Amends the Hawaii Constitution to provide for a Board of Education whose members are to be appointed by the Governor, as provided by law, and to remove the nonvoting student member.  (SB2570 HD2)

 

 

 

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