RELATING TO EDUCATION.

SB3334

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3334

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to education
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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The legislature finds that Act 51, Session
Laws of Hawaii 2004 (Act 51), was enacted to improve leadership,
accountability, and decision-making within the State's public school
system.
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The legislature further finds,
however, that since the enactment of Act 51, concerns have arisen regarding the
implementation and efficacy of certain structures it created.

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Accordingly,
the purpose of this Act is to revisit the foundational elements of the State's
education system to ensure that the goals of Act 51 are being achieved and to
eliminate provisions that have created unnecessary administrative burdens and
unclear authority structures, including the position of complex area
superintendent and principal selection processes.

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SECTION

2
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Section 76-16,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as
follows:

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"(b)
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The civil service to which this chapter
applies shall comprise all positions in the State now existing or hereafter
established and embrace all personal services performed for the State, except
the following:

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(1)
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Commissioned and enlisted personnel of
the Hawaii National Guard and positions in the Hawaii National Guard that are
required by state or federal laws or regulations or orders of the National
Guard to be filled from those commissioned or enlisted personnel;

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(2)
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Positions filled by persons employed by
contract where the director of human resources development has certified that
the service is special or unique or is essential to the public interest and
that, because of circumstances surrounding its fulfillment, personnel to
perform the service cannot be obtained through normal civil service recruitment
procedures.
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Any contract may be for any
period not exceeding one year;

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(3)
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Positions that must be filled without
delay to comply with a court order or decree if the director determines that
recruitment through normal recruitment civil service procedures would result in
delay or noncompliance, such as the Felix-Cayetano consent decree;

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(4)
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Positions filled by the legislature or
by either house or any committee thereof;

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(5)
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Employees in the office of the governor
and office of the lieutenant governor, and household employees at Washington
Place;

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(6)
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Positions filled by popular vote;

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(7)
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Department heads, officers, and members
of any board, commission, or other state agency whose appointments are made by
the governor or are required by law to be confirmed by the senate;

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(8)
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Judges, referees, receivers, masters,
jurors, notaries public, land court examiners, court commissioners, and
attorneys appointed by a state court for a special temporary service;

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(9)
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One bailiff for the chief justice of
the supreme court who shall have the powers and duties of a court officer and
bailiff under section 606-14; one secretary or clerk for each justice of the
supreme court, each judge of the intermediate appellate court, and each judge
of the circuit court; one secretary for the judicial council; one deputy
administrative director of the courts; three law clerks for the chief justice
of the supreme court, two law clerks for each associate justice of the supreme
court and each judge of the intermediate appellate court, one law clerk for
each judge of the circuit court, two additional law clerks for the civil
administrative judge of the circuit court of the first circuit, two additional
law clerks for the criminal administrative judge of the circuit court of the
first circuit, one additional law clerk for the senior judge of the family
court of the first circuit, two additional law clerks for the civil motions
judge of the circuit court of the first circuit, two additional law clerks for
the criminal motions judge of the circuit court of the first circuit, and two
law clerks for the administrative judge of the district court of the first
circuit; and one private secretary for the administrative director of the
courts, the deputy administrative director of the courts, each department head,
each deputy or first assistant, and each additional deputy, or assistant
deputy, or assistant defined in paragraph (16);

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(10)
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First deputy and deputy attorneys
general, the administrative services manager of the department of the attorney
general, one secretary for the administrative services manager, an
administrator and any support staff for the criminal and juvenile justice resources
coordination functions, and law clerks;

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(11)
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(A)
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Teachers, principals, vice-principals, [
complex
area superintendents,
] deputy and assistant superintendents, other
certificated personnel, and no more than twenty noncertificated administrative,
professional, and technical personnel not engaged in instructional work;

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(B)
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Effective July 1, 2003, teaching
assistants, educational assistants, bilingual or bicultural school-home
assistants, school psychologists, psychological examiners, speech pathologists,
athletic health care trainers, alternative school work study assistants,
alternative school educational or supportive services specialists, alternative
school project coordinators, and communications aides in the department of
education;

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(C)
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The special assistant to the state
librarian and one secretary for the special assistant to the state librarian;
and

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(D)
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Members of the faculty of the
university of Hawaii, including research workers, extension agents, personnel
engaged in instructional work, and administrative, professional, and technical
personnel of the university;

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(12)
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Employees engaged in special, research,
or demonstration projects approved by the governor;

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(13)
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(A)
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Positions filled by inmates, patients
of state institutions, and persons with severe physical or mental disabilities
participating in the work experience training programs;

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(B)
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Positions filled with students in
accordance with guidelines for established state employment programs; and

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(C)
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Positions that provide work experience
training or temporary public service employment that are filled by persons
entering the workforce or persons transitioning into other careers under
programs such as the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended, or
the Senior Community Service Employment Program of the Employment and Training
Administration of the United States Department of Labor, or under other similar
state programs;

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(14)
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A custodian or guide at Iolani Palace,
the Royal Mausoleum, and Hulihee Palace;

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(15)
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Positions filled by persons employed on
a fee, contract, or piecework basis, who may lawfully perform their duties
concurrently with their private business or profession or other private
employment and whose duties require only a portion of their time, if it is
impracticable to ascertain or anticipate the portion of time to be devoted to
the service of the State;

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(16)
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Positions of first deputies or first
assistants of each department head appointed under or in the manner provided in
section 6, article V, of the Hawaii State Constitution; three additional
deputies or assistants either in charge of the highways, harbors, and airports
divisions or other functions within the department of transportation as may be
assigned by the director of transportation, with the approval of the governor;
one additional deputy in the department of human services either in charge of
welfare or other functions within the department as may be assigned by the
director of human services; four additional deputies in the department of
health, each in charge of one of the following:
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behavioral health, environmental health, hospitals, and health resources
administration, including other functions within the department as may be
assigned by the director of health, with the approval of the governor; two
additional deputies in charge of the law enforcement programs, administration,
or other functions within the department of law enforcement as may be assigned
by the director of law enforcement, with the approval of the governor; three
additional deputies each in charge of the correctional institutions,
rehabilitation services and programs, and administration or other functions
within the department of corrections and rehabilitation as may be assigned by
the director of corrections and rehabilitation, with the approval of the
governor; two administrative assistants to the state librarian; and an administrative
assistant to the superintendent of education;

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(17)
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Positions specifically exempted from
this part by any other law; provided that:

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(A)
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Any exemption created after July 1,
2014, shall expire three years after its enactment unless affirmatively
extended by an act of the legislature; and

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(B)
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All of the positions defined by
paragraph (9) shall be included in the position classification plan;

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(18)
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Positions in the state foster
grandparent program and positions for temporary employment of senior citizens
in occupations in which there is a severe personnel shortage or in special
projects;

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(19)
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Household employees at the official
residence of the president of the university of Hawaii;

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(20)
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Employees in the department of
education engaged in the supervision of students during meal periods in the
distribution, collection, and counting of meal tickets, and in the cleaning of
classrooms after school hours on a less than half-time basis;

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(21)
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Employees hired under the tenant hire
program of the Hawaii public housing authority; provided that no more than
twenty-six per cent of the authority's workforce in any housing project
maintained or operated by the authority shall be hired under the tenant hire
program;

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(22)
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Positions of the federally funded
expanded food and nutrition program of the university of Hawaii that require
the hiring of nutrition program assistants who live in the areas they serve;

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(23)
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Positions filled by persons with severe
disabilities who are certified by the state vocational rehabilitation office
that they are able to perform safely the duties of the positions;

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(24)
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The sheriff;

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(25)
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A gender and other fairness coordinator
hired by the judiciary;

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(26)
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Positions in the Hawaii National Guard
youth and adult education programs;

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(27)
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In the Hawaii state energy office in
the department of business, economic development, and tourism, all energy
program managers, energy program specialists, energy program assistants, and
energy analysts;

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(28)
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Administrative appeals hearing officers
in the department of human services;

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(29)
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In the Med-QUEST division of the
department of human services, the division administrator, finance officer,
health care services branch administrator, medical director, and clinical
standards administrator;

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(30)
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In the director's office of the
department of human services, the enterprise officer, information security and
privacy compliance officer, security and privacy compliance engineer, security
and privacy compliance analyst, information technology implementation manager,
assistant information technology implementation manager, resource manager,
community or project development director, policy director, special assistant
to the director, and limited English proficiency project manager or
coordinator;

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(31)
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The Alzheimer's disease and related
dementia services coordinator in the executive office on aging;

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(32)
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In the Hawaii emergency management
agency, the executive officer, public information officer, civil defense
administrative officer, branch chiefs, and emergency operations center state
warning point personnel; provided that for state warning point personnel, the
director shall determine that recruitment through normal civil service
recruitment procedures would result in delay or noncompliance;

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(33)
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The executive director and seven
full-time administrative positions of the school facilities authority;

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(34)
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Positions in the Mauna Kea stewardship
and oversight authority;

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(35)
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In the office of homeland security of
the department of law enforcement, the statewide interoperable communications
coordinator;

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(36)
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In the social services division of the
department of human services, the business technology analyst;

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(37)
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The executive director and staff of the
911 board;

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(38)
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The software developer supervisor and
senior software developers in the department of taxation;

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(39)
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In the department of law enforcement,
five Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.,
coordinator positions;

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(40)
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The state fire marshal and deputy state fire marshal
in the office of the state fire marshal;

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(41)
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The administrator for the law
enforcement standards board;

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(42)
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In the office of the
director of taxation, the data privacy officer and tax business analysts
;
and

[
[
]
(43)[
]
]All
positions filled by the Hawaii tourism authority within the department of
business, economic development, and tourism.

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The
director shall determine the applicability of this section to specific
positions.

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Nothing
in this section shall be deemed to affect the civil service status of any
incumbent as it existed on July 1, 1955."

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SECTION

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Section 84-17,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as
follows:

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(c)
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The following persons shall file annually
with the state ethics commission a disclosure of financial interests:

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(1)
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The governor,
lieutenant governor, members of the legislature, and delegates to the
constitutional convention; provided that delegates to the constitutional
convention shall only be required to file initial disclosures;

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(2)
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The directors and
their deputies, the division chiefs, the executive directors and the executive
secretaries and their deputies, the purchasing agents, and the fiscal officers,
regardless of the titles by which the foregoing persons are designated, of every
state agency and department;

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(3)
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The permanent
employees of the legislature and its service agencies, other than persons
employed in clerical, secretarial, or similar positions;

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(4)
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The administrative
director of the State, and the assistants in the office of the governor and
lieutenant governor, other than persons employed in clerical, secretarial, or
similar positions;

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(5)
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The hearings officers
of every state agency and department;

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(6)
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The president, vice
presidents, assistant vice presidents, chancellors, and provosts of the
University of Hawaii and its community colleges;

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(7)
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The superintendent,
deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents, [
complex area
superintendents,
] state librarian, and deputy state librarian of the
department of education;

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(8)
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The administrative
director and deputy director of the courts;

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(9)
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The members of every
state board or commission whose original terms of office are for periods
exceeding one year and whose functions are not solely advisory;

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(10)
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Candidates for state
elective offices, including candidates for election to the constitutional
convention; provided that candidates shall only be required to file initial
disclosures;

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(11)
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The administrator and
assistant administrator of the office of Hawaiian affairs;

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(12)
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The Hawaii unmanned
aerial systems test site chief operating officer; and

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(13)
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The members of the
school facilities board appointed by the governor.
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SECTION

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Section
302A-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by deleting the definition of
"complex area superintendent".

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["
"Complex
area superintendent" means the chief administrative officer of a complex
area and the complexes therein.
"]

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SECTION

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Section
302A-438, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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�302A-438
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Facilities, service, when required.
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Where one or more exceptional children are found in any one complex area
[
superintendent's district
], the superintendent of education shall provide
instruction, special facilities, and special services according to the
specifications of sections 302A-436 to 302A-443 in a manner most expedient and
economical."

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SECTION

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Section
302A-499, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of
"K-12 school purposes" to read as follows:

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""K-12
school purposes" means purposes that are directed by or that customarily
take place at the direction of a K-12 school[
,
]
or
teacher[
,
or complex area superintendent
] or that aid in the administration of school
activities, including instruction in the classroom or at home, administrative
activities, and collaboration between students, school personnel, parents or
legal guardians, or are otherwise for the use and benefit of the school."

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SECTION

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Section
302A-604, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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"
�302A-604
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Complex area
[
superintendents.
]

supervision.
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The [
superintendent of education, with
the approval of the board, shall appoint complex area superintendents for
schools.
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The complex area
superintendents shall
]
department shall utilize its administrative
framework and resources to
supervise the delivery of administrative and
instructional support services within [
their respective
] complex areas,
including:

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(1)
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Personnel, fiscal, and facilities
support;

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(2)
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Monitoring of compliance with
applicable state and federal laws;

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(3)
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Curriculum development, student
assessment, and staff development services; and

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(4)
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S
pecial education programs and special
schools within the complex area."

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SECTION

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Section
302A-621, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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�302A-621
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Salary;
deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents[
, complex area
superintendents
].
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The salaries
of the deputy superintendent[
,
]
and
assistant superintendents[
,
and complex area superintendents
] shall be set by the board; provided that
the salaries of the deputy superintendent[
,
]
and
assistant
superintendents[
, and the complex area superintendents
] shall not exceed
the superintendent's salary."

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SECTION

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Section
302A-1004, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to
read as follows:

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"(a)
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The department shall implement a
comprehensive system of educational accountability to motivate and support the improved
performance of students and the education system.
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Data shall be reported as required by this
section when the number of students in a particular data subgroup is greater
than ten and shall be redacted when the number of students in a particular data
subgroup is ten or fewer; provided that the personally identifiable information
of each student shall be kept private.
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This accountability system shall:

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(1)
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Include student accountability; school
or collective accountability; individual professional accountability for
teachers, principals, and other employees; and public accounting to parents,
community members, businesses, higher education, media, and political
leadership;

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(2)
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Link authority and resources to
responsibility;

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(3)
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Define clear roles for all parties and
lines of responsibility and mutual obligation and develop a collaborative
process with stakeholders, including representatives of appropriate bargaining
units, parents, administration, and students;

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(4)
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Assess and track measures of academic
achievement, safety and well-being, and civic responsibility of individual
students at selected grade levels, and annually report trend data from the past
three years on these measures;

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(5)
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Invoke a full and balanced set of
appropriate consequences for observed performance, including rewards and
recognition for those schools that meet or exceed their goals, assistance to
those that fall short, and sanctions for those that, given adequate assistance
and ample time, continue to fail to meet goals;

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(6)
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Involve an annual statewide assessment
program that provides a report card containing trend data from the past three
years on school, school complex, and system performance at selected benchmark
grade levels with performance indicators in areas relating to student
achievement, safety and well-being, and civic responsibility.
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These performance indicators shall include
but not be limited to:

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(A)
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Student performance relative to
statewide content and performance standards;

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(B)
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School attendance and dropout rates;
and

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(C)
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Student discipline, seclusion, and
restraint information, in total and by unduplicated counts, disaggregated by
subgroups consisting of race, including by Asian subgroup; ethnicity; national
origin; gender; sex; English learner status; low-income status; students whose
achievement is below grade level for the school year on literacy benchmark
assessments, math benchmark assessments, or end-of-course assessments; and
disability status based upon an individualized education program or upon
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), including but
not limited to the following:

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(i)
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In-school suspensions;

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(ii)
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Out-of-school suspensions of one day or
less; of two to five days; of six to nine days; of ten to twenty days; and of
twenty-one or more days;

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(iii)
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Expulsions;

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(iv)
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Removals to an alternative education
setting by school personnel;

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(v)
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School-related arrests;

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(vi)
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Referrals to law enforcement
authorities;

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(vii)
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Withdrawals for other reasons;

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(viii)
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Number of parent or guardian-initiated
withdrawals under section 302A-1132;

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(ix)
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Number of school resource officers,
either full-time or part-time, and the number of hours assigned to the school
per week; and

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(x)
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Other data that the board may approve;

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(7)
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Require that teachers and
administrators engage in the continuous professional growth and development
that ensure their currency with respect to disciplinary content, leadership
skill, knowledge, or pedagogical skill, as appropriate to their position.
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This requirement may be established by the
department in terms of credit hours earned or their equivalent in professional
development activity certified by the department as appropriate in focus and
rigor;

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(8)
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Establish an explicit link between
professional evaluation results and individual accountability through
professional development of the knowledge, skill, and professional behavior
necessary to the position, by requiring that results of the professional evaluation
be used by the department to prescribe professional development focus and
content, as appropriate;

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(9)
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Include an annual statewide fiscal
accountability program, which includes a published report card that contains
trend data on school, school complex, and systemwide plans and results,
including:

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(A)
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Amounts allocated;

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(B)
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Amounts expended;

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(C)
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Amounts carried over; and

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(D)
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Any significant changes to the budget,
with an explanation for the change; and

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(10)
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Include an evaluation of the
effectiveness of [
complex area superintendents and
] principals in
supporting:

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(A)
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Students' academic achievement, safety
and well-being, and civic responsibility; and

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(B)
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The satisfaction of stakeholders
affected by the work of the [
complex area superintendents and
]
principals, which may be measured by broad‑based surveys; and

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(C)
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Fiscal accountability."

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SECTION

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Section
302A-1005, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to
read as follows:

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(a)
�
Notwithstanding collective bargaining
agreements, memorandums of agreement, or memorandums of understanding, the
superintendent may reconstitute a public school, except a charter school, that
has been in restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public
Law 107-110, for four or more school years and has not made significant
advancements toward improving academic performance as determined by a
statistical analysis of academic data; provided that the following have been
considered:

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(1)
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Student proficiency in reading and math
in the period during which the school is in restructuring;

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(2)
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Interventions and other programs being
used by the school to address student proficiency;

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(3)
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The number of highly qualified or
effective teachers at the school;

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(4)
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Professional development being
conducted at the school;

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(5)
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Input from school faculty and staff,
complex specialists, and state office program specialists; and

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(6)
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Input from the school community
council;

provided
further that the superintendent has made a recommendation to the board to
reconstitute the school[
, taking into consideration the recommendation of
the complex area superintendent, if any
]."

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SECTION

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Section
302A-1124, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

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1.
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By amending subsection (a) to read:

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"(a)
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The department, through the board and its
superintendent, shall
establish a school
community council system under which each public school, excluding charter
schools, shall create and maintain a school community council.
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Each school community council shall:

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(1)
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Review and evaluate the school's
academic plan and financial plan, and either recommend revisions of the plans
to the principal, or recommend the plans for approval by the [
complex area
superintendent;
]
appropriate authority, as designated by the department
by rule;

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(2
)
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E
nsure
that the school's academic and financial plans are consistent with the
educational accountability system under section 302A-1004;

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(3)
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Participate in principal selection and
evaluation, and transmit any [
such
] evaluations to the [
complex area
superintendent;
]
superintendent of education; provided that the school
community council's evaluation shall account for fifty per cent of the overall
evaluation in the selection of a principal; provided further that the
superintendent of education shall have final authority to appoint a principal;

and

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(4)
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Provide collaborative opportunities for
input and consultation."

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2.
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By amending subsection (c) to read:

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"(c)
�
[
Complex area superintendents
]
The
department, or an appropriate authority designated by the department by rule,

may require revisions to a school's academic and financial plans if the plans
are in violation of law or conflict with statewide educational policies and
standards, or are otherwise in the best interests of the school."

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3.
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By amending subsections (g) and (h) to read:

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"(g)
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The principal shall have the authority to set
aside any decision made by the school community council if the principal
determines it to be in the best interests of the school; provided that the
principal notifies the school community council.
�
If the school community council opposes a
decision of the principal, an appeal shall first be brought to the [
complex
area superintendent
]
appropriate authority, as designated by the
department by rule,
for resolution and, if necessary, to the superintendent
and, finally, to the board of education.

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(h)
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[
Complex area superintendents
]
The department, or an authority
designated by the department by rule,
shall assist the school community
councils and principals within their respective complex areas in:

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(1)
�
Obtaining the support and services of
the department; and

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(2)
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Ensuring the progress and success of
the school's academic and financial plan."

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SECTION

12
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Section
302A-1134, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to
read as follows:

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"(a)
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If for any reason a child becomes a detriment
to the morals or discipline of any school, the child may be precluded from
attending school by the principal, with the approval of the [
complex area
superintendent;
]
appropriate authority, as designated by the department
by rule;
provided that this section shall not apply to children
participating in the executive office on early learning public prekindergarten
program pursuant to section 302L-7.
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The
department shall seek the active participation of other public and private
agencies in providing help to these children before and after they have left
school.
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An appeal may be taken on behalf
of the child to the superintendent of education within ten days from the date
of such action."

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SECTION

13
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Section
302A-1141.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (h) to
read as follows:

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"(h)
�
No less than annually, there shall be a
review of data on students at each public school who were restrained, which
shall be conducted as directed by [
each complex area superintendent.
]
the
department by rule.
�
The review shall
determine whether:

����
(1)
�
There are strategies in place to
address the students with dangerous behaviors at issue;

����
(2)
�
The strategies in place are effective
in increasing appropriate behaviors of students with dangerous behaviors; and

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(3)
�
New strategies need to be developed or
current strategies need to be revised or changed to prevent the reoccurrence of
dangerous behaviors.

Patterns
and trends in the data that are identified by the review shall be reported to
the department."

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SECTION

14
.
�
Section
302A-1153, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (d) and
(e) to read as follows:

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"(d)
�
At the conference, the principal of the
school in which the vandalism occurred shall present the findings of the
investigation and the requirements of restitution to the pupil and parents or
guardian.

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If
the pupil and the parents or guardian agree with the findings of the principal
and the manner in which restitution is to be made, the principal and the pupil
and parent or guardian shall execute a written agreement which shall specify
the manner in which restitution is to be made.

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Agreements
shall be made only for damages that do not exceed $3,500.

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If
restitution is made in this fashion, then no information about the
investigation, conference, and the actions taken shall be communicated to any
person not directly involved in the proceedings.

����
If
the pupil and parent or guardian do not agree with the findings made by the
principal, the principal shall report the findings, including all the records
and documents regarding the investigation and conference, to the [
complex
area superintendent,
]
appropriate authority, as designated by the
department by rule,
who shall review the findings and may refer the matter
to the attorney general for any further action pursuant to section 577-3.

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(e)
�
If the damages exceed $3,500, the principal
shall report the matter the [
complex area superintendent,
]
appropriate
authority, as designated by the department by rule,
who shall refer the
matter to the attorney general for any further action pursuant to section
577-3."

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SECTION

15
.
�
Section
302L-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (l) to read
as follows:

����
"(l)
�
Each school participating in the program
shall work with the office to develop and annually update a written two- to
three-year plan to promote, within the school and community, alignment of and
transitions between high-quality learning experiences, and submit to the office
and the [
appropriate complex area superintendent
]
department of
education
a report on progress made toward the plan by the end of each
school year."

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SECTION

16
.
�
Section
311D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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"[
[
]
�311D
-2[
]
]
�
State
council.
�
There is established within
the board of education for administrative purposes the state council on
educational opportunity for military children.
�

The board of education shall establish the state council, as required by
article VIII of the compact.
�
The
membership of the state council shall include, at a minimum:

����
(1)
�
The superintendent of education or the
superintendent's designee;

����
(2)
�
[
The complex area superintendents
]

Representatives
of the administrative districts that contain the
Leilehua, Radford/Moanalua, and Kalaheo school complexes;

����
(3)
�
A [
complex area superintendent
]
representative

from the Leeward district;

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(4)
�
The military liaison from the
department of education;

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(5)
�
A uniformed military representative
from the United States Pacific Command;

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(6)
�
One installation-level uniformed
military representative from each branch of service of the Air Force, Army,
Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard;

����
(7)
�
The governor or the governor's
designee;

����
(8)
�
The chairperson of the senate education
committee or the chairperson's designee;

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(9)
�
The chairperson of the house education
committee or the chairperson's designee; and

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(10)
�
Other offices and stakeholder groups
the state council deems necessary.

Members of
the state council may delegate voting authority to another person for a
specified meeting or meetings.
�
The state
council shall appoint or designate a military family education liaison to
assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of
this compact.
�
The compact commissioner
and the military family education liaison designated herein shall be ex-officio
members of the state council, unless either is already a full voting member of
the state council.

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The
council shall establish policies and procedures governing its operations but
subject to the open meeting requirements of chapter 92."

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SECTION
17.
�
The department of education shall adopt
rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as necessary to carry
out the purposes of this Act, including rules to:

����
(1)
�
Reassign or clarify duties previously
administered by complex area superintendents; and

����
(2)
�
Establish leadership training
requirements and procedures for principals and other educators.

����
SECTION
18.
�
Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
�
New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION 19.
�
This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED
BY:

_____________________________

Report Title:

DOE;
Superintendent; Complex Area Superintendents; Repeal; Principal Selection;
School Community Council; Rules

Description:

Repeals
the Complex Area Superintendent position.
�

Clarifies that School Community Councils shall submit principal
evaluations to the Superintendent of Education, who shall have final authority
to appoint a principal.
�
Requires the
Department of Education to adopt rules.

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