Lingle-Aiona Initiatives 2008 - Education (6 of 14)
Lingle-Aiona Initiatives 2008, recently published in the Honolulu Advertiser are available on-line using this link. This post relates to education, one of 14 initiative areas contained in the document. Some initiatives are recycled or continued from prior years. Stay tuned to see how the bills/initiatives progress.
Education - GOV-04(08)/HB3118/SB3040 amending the state constitution to allow for county voters to decide whether or not to establish local school boards, starting with a pilot program on one or more neighbor islands; GOV-01(08) HB3116/SB3038 gives the Charter School Review Panel the authority to removes statutory cap on number of charter schools, requires charter school funding in state budget, and increases authority of the panel, allows the governor to appoint members to the same panel, and adds a member with a finance background to the panel.