STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1032

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 799

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 799 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CLARIFY THE SELECTION OF THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to propose an amendment to Article X, Section 2, of the Hawaii Constitution, to clarify the selection of the student member of the Board of Education (BOE).

 

     The Board of Education supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Replacing its contents with the language of H.B. No. 86.  As amended, this bill proposes an amendment to Article X, Section 2, of the Hawaii Constitution, to allow the BOE student member to vote; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 S.B. No. 799, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 799, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair