STAND. COM. REP. NO. 688-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1937

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1937, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow the military representative to the Board of Education (BOE) to be seated with BOE members during official meetings and to participate in discussions about board matters, except for executive sessions.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association and the United States Pacific Command submitted testimony in support of this bill

Your Committee has amended this bill by specifying that the military representative is only required to participate in discussions and debates about board matters that impact or affect public school students of active-duty military families.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1937, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1937, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair