STAND. COM. REP. NO.1254-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 3018

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3018, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reform the educational system in Hawaii. Among other things, this bill:

(1) Abolishes the Board of Education (BOE) and transfers BOE's responsibilities to the Superintendent of Education (Superintendent);

(2) Makes the Superintendent responsible for formulating statewide policy and the general supervision and management of the Department of Education (DOE);

(3) Creates 15 school districts that are to be established by a School District Apportionment Commission;

(4) Establishes one district school board for each district;

(5) Sets guidelines for the Superintendent to be a coordinator to the school districts, in addition to managing the Department of Education;

(6) Establishes district administrators responsible for the educational needs of individual districts;

(7) Creates a Joint Senate-House Task Force to:

(A) Review statutes that will require conforming amendments;

(B) Propose legislation governing the election of district school boards; and

(C) Analyze the effects of this bill and propose additional legislation or amendments to the bill;

and

(8) Repeals outdated statutes relating to libraries.

The Representative from the 48th District testified in support of this measure. BOE opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3018, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair