S.B. 2837 Summary

• Exempts information technology steering committee members from term limits under section 26-34, allowing them to serve based on institutional knowledge and continuity

• Establishes four-year appointed terms for committee members and specifies that members serve until a successor is appointed, declaring continuity essential to proper administration

• Reduces senate president and speaker appointments from four members each to three members each, and adds one member each appointed by the superintendent of education and president of the University of Hawaii

• Designates the chief information officer as an ex officio member and chair of the committee

• Requires the senate president and speaker to each remove one appointed member, and requires the superintendent of education and president of the University of Hawaii to each appoint a new member