2020 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 18. Education
302A. Education
302A-1704 School facilities board.
§302A-1704 School facilities board. (a) There is established within the department for administrative purposes only a school facilities board.
(b) The school facilities board shall consist of five voting members. The five voting members shall:
(1) Be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34;
(2) Have an interest in school facilities; and
(3) Include one member representing the construction industry.
(c) The school facilities board shall advise the agency on policies relating to public school development, planning, and construction within the jurisdiction of the agency. The board shall be responsible for:
(1) Advising the agency on preferred strategies to complete construction projects of the agency; and
(2) Evaluating the executive director on an annual basis.
(d) The school facilities board shall select a chairperson by a majority vote of its voting members. A majority of the voting members serving on the board shall constitute a quorum to conduct business. The concurrence of the majority of the voting members serving on the board shall be necessary to make any action of the board valid.
(e) The school facilities board may form workgroups and subcommittees, including with individuals who are not school facilities board members, to:
(1) Obtain resource information from construction and education professionals and other individuals as deemed necessary by the school facilities board;
(2) Make recommendations to the school facilities board; and
(3) Perform other functions as deemed necessary by the school facilities board to fulfill its duties and responsibilities.
Two or more school facilities board members, but less than a quorum, may discuss matters relating to official school facilities board business in the course of their participation in a workgroup or subcommittee, and these discussions shall be a permitted interaction as provided for in section 92-2.5; provided that all other provisions of chapter 92 shall apply.
(f) The school facilities board may testify before the legislature on any matter related to its duties and responsibilities.
(g) Members of the school facilities board shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties.
(h) No member of the school facilities board shall have any financial interest in any entity that bids on projects authorized by the agency.
(i) No individual shall be appointed as a member of the school facilities board less than one year after the individual, or an entity having a financial interest owned by the individual, has submitted a bid on a project of the agency. [L 2020, c 72, pt of §1]
