Bill Text: HI SB299 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Board Of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB299 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB299-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the board of education.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART
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SECTION 1. Section 302A-1106.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1106.5 Board of education; community meetings. [The board shall hold not less than one
community meeting annually in each county in] In addition to their
regular meetings, the board shall hold no less than six community meetings
annually to discuss and receive input from the community on public
education and public library issues[.]; provided that the board shall
hold at least one community meeting in each county. The board chairperson shall designate board members
to attend the community meetings. These
community meetings shall not be held for the purpose of formulating educational
policy. The community meetings shall be
exempt from sections 92-2.5, 92-7, 92-9, and 92-41; provided that the board
shall give written public notice of each community meeting. The meeting notice shall indicate the date,
time, and place of the meeting, and shall be filed in the office of the
lieutenant governor and in the board's office for public inspection six
calendar days before the meeting. The
notice shall also be posted at the site of the meeting."
PART
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SECTION 2.
At any public meeting properly noticed pursuant to chapter 92, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, the board of education shall include an open forum at the end
of its meeting agenda to afford all interested persons an opportunity to
present oral testimony on any matter not on the agenda; provided that the
testimony is related to matters over which the board of education has
supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power.
SECTION 3. The board of education shall report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020 on its efforts to amend its polices to include an open forum at the end of its meeting agenda to afford all interested persons an opportunity to present oral testimony on any matter not on the agenda.
PART III
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019; provided that section 2 shall be repealed on June 30, 2024.
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Report Title:
Board of Education; Public Meetings; Oral Testimony; Community Meetings
Description:
Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community meetings each year; provided that at least one meeting shall be held in each county. Requires the board of education to allow public testimony on items not on a public meeting agenda if certain requirements are met. Repeals the public testimony requirement on June 30, 2024. Requires the board of education to report to the legislature.
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