REPORT TITLE:
BOE; Military Member


DESCRIPTION:
Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to add a member
of the armed forces as a nonvoting member of the Board of
Education.  The new nonvoting member shall be appointed by the
governor.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2130
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________


                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII
   CONSTITUTION, TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL NONVOTING MEMBER TO THE
   BOARD OF EDUCATION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an
 
 2 amendment to article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the
 
 3 State of Hawaii to add a member of the armed forces as a
 
 4 nonvoting member to the board of education.  The new nonvoting
 
 5 member shall be appointed by the governor.
 
 6      SECTION 2.  Article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the
 
 7 State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
 
 8                        "BOARD OF EDUCATION
 
 9      Section 2.  There shall be a board of education composed of
 
10 members who shall be elected in a nonpartisan manner by qualified
 
11 voters, as provided by law, from two at-large school board
 
12 districts.  The first school board district shall be comprised of
 
13 the island of Oahu and all other islands not specifically
 
14 enumerated.  The second school board district shall be comprised
 
15 of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Kauai
 
16 and Niihau.  Each at-large school board district shall be divided
 
17 into departmental school districts, as may be provided by law.
 
18 There shall be at least one member residing in each departmental
 

 
Page 2                                                     
                                     S.B. NO.           2130
                                                        
                                                        

 
 1 school district.  The Hawaii State Student Council shall select a
 
 2 public high school student to serve as a nonvoting member on the
 
 3 board of education.  The governor shall appoint a member of the
 
 4 armed forces as a nonvoting member of the board of education."
 
 5      SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall
 
 6 be as follows:
 
 7      "Shall the governor appoint a member of the armed forces as
 
 8      a nonvoting member of the board of education? "
 
 9      SECTION 4.  Constitutional material to be repealed is
 
10 bracketed.  New constitutional material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 5.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance
 
12 with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of
 
13 Hawaii.
 
14 
 
15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________