D.  Hawaii Teacher Standards Board

 

Note

 

  Subpart heading reenacted by L 2001, c 312, pt of §10.

  Conviction of a teacher for sexual offense; suspension oflicense; procedure for license revocation (repealed July 1, 2010 or uponadoption of rules, whichever is earlier).  L 2008, c 164.

  Professional development schools grant program.  L 2001, c313.

 

§302A-801  Hawaii teacher standards boardestablished.  (a)  There is established the Hawaii teacher standards board,which shall be placed within the department for administrative purposes only. The board shall consist of fifteen members, including not less than sixlicensed teachers regularly engaged in teaching at the time of the appointment,three educational officers employed at the time of the appointment, thechairperson of the board of education or the chairperson's designee, thesuperintendent or the superintendent's designee, a representative ofindependent schools, the dean of the University of Hawaii college of educationor the dean's designee, and two members of the public; provided that the dean'sdesignee shall be chosen from the member institutions of the teacher educationcoordinating committee established under section 304A-1202.

(b)  Except for the chairperson of the board ofeducation, superintendent, and dean of the college of education, the governorshall appoint the members of the board pursuant to section 26-34, from a listof qualified nominees submitted to the governor by the departments, agencies,organizations representative of the constituencies of the board, and currentmembers of the board; provided that the two members of the public shall be fromlists of qualified nominees submitted to the governor by the Hawaii BusinessRoundtable, Hawaii P-20 council, and Hawaii workforce development council.  Tothe extent possible, the board membership shall reflect representation ofelementary and secondary school personnel from all islands.

(c)  Appointed board members shall serve notmore than three consecutive three-year terms.

(d)  Board members shall receive nocompensation.  When board duties require that a board member take leave of theboard member's duties as a state employee, the appropriate state departmentshall allow the board member to be placed on administrative leave with pay andshall provide substitutes, when necessary, to perform that board member'sduties.  Board members shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expensesincurred in the conduct of official board business.

(e)  The chairperson of the board shall bedesignated by the members of the board.

(f)  The board may employ an executive directorfor a term of up to four years, who shall be appointed by the board ofeducation without regard to chapters 76 and 89; provided that the board shallsubmit a nominee to the board of education for approval or disapproval;provided further that if the nominee is disapproved, the board shall submitanother nominee to the board of education for approval or disapproval.

The board may terminate the executivedirector's contract for cause; provided that the board shall submit therecommendation for termination to the board of education for approval ordisapproval. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 1999, c 218, §3; am L 2001, c 312,pt of §10; am L 2006, c 75, §9; am L Sp 2009, c 2, §2]

 

Cross References

 

  Definitions, see §302A-501.