HB2424 Summary

• Proposes constitutional amendment to Article X, Section 2 to restructure the Hawaii Board of Education from two at-large districts to seventeen voting members elected from individual districts.

• Requires each voting board member to be a resident of the board of education district they represent and be elected by qualified voters within that district.

• Establishes that each board of education district shall be composed of three state house of representatives districts.

• Maintains the Hawaii State Student Council's authority to select a nonvoting public high school student member to serve on the board.

• Requires voter approval through statewide ballot measure asking whether board composition should change to provide seventeen voting members residing in districts composed of three state house districts each.