C. Organization

 

§302A-1101  Department of education; boardof education; superintendent of education.  (a)  There shall be a principalexecutive department to be known as the department of education, which shall beheaded by an elected policy-making board to be known as the board ofeducation.  The board shall have power in accordance with law to formulatestatewide educational policy, adopt student performance standards andassessment models, monitor school success, and to appoint the superintendent ofeducation 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 stateresidency 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 militarycommander in Hawaii to appoint a nonvoting military representative to theboard, who shall serve for a two-year term without compensation.  As theliaison to the board, the military representative shall advise the boardregarding state education policies and departmental actions affecting studentswho are enrolled in public schools as family members of military personnel. The military representative shall carry out these duties as part of therepresentative's official military duties and shall be guided by applicablestate and federal statutes, regulations, and policies and may be removed onlyfor cause by a majority vote of the members of the board.

(d)  The board shall appoint the charter schoolreview 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. [L1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2000, c 257, §1; am L 2006, c 298, §10; am L 2007, c115, §5]