C. 
Organization



 



§302A-1101  Department of education; board
of education; superintendent of education.  (a)  There shall be a principal
executive department to be known as the department of education, which shall be
headed by an elected policy-making board to be known as the board of
education.  The board shall have power in accordance with law to formulate
statewide educational policy, adopt student performance standards and
assessment models, monitor school success, and to appoint the superintendent of
education as the chief executive officer of the public school system.



(b)  The board shall appoint, and may remove,
the superintendent by a majority vote of its members.  The superintendent:



(1)  May be appointed without regard to the state
residency provisions of section 78-1(b);



(2)  May be appointed for a term of up to four years;
and



(3)  May be terminated only for cause.



(c)  The board shall invite the senior military
commander in Hawaii to appoint a nonvoting military representative to the
board, who shall serve for a two-year term without compensation.  As the
liaison to the board, the military representative shall advise the board
regarding state education policies and departmental actions affecting students
who are enrolled in public schools as family members of military personnel. 
The military representative shall carry out these duties as part of the
representative's official military duties and shall be guided by applicable
state and federal statutes, regulations, and policies and may be removed only
for cause by a majority vote of the members of the board.



(d)  The board shall appoint the charter school
review panel, which shall serve as the charter authorizer for charter schools,
with the power and duty to issue charters, oversee and monitor charter schools,
hold charter schools accountable for their performance, and revoke charters. [L
1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2000, c 257, §1; am L 2006, c 298, §10; am L 2007, c
115, §5]