Category
Family Engagement in Local Governance
Category
Family Engagement in Local Governance
State law requires parent or family member representation on school governance councils or in school improvement planning efforts.
Hawaii Board of Education Policy 102-4 Diverse Stakeholder Inclusion in the Development of Statewide Content and Performance Standard
Board policy addresses parent and community engagement in school decision-making.
Hawaii Board of Education Policy 2411 School Community Councils
Board policy addresses parent and community engagement in school decision-making.
Hawaii Board of Education Policy 400-6 Involvement of School Advisory Councils, Library Advisory Commission and Hawaii State Student Council
Board policy addresses parent and community engagement in school decision-making.
Hawaii Board of Education Policy 500-19 School Community Councils
Board policy addresses parent and community engagement in school decision-making.
Hawaii ESSA Consolidated State Plan
Hawaii's ESSA Plan addresses establishing local governance councils, advisory boards, or committees that encourage or require community engagement in school decision-making, including parent advisory councils for ELL and migratory students, advisory councils for reviewing applications and awarding 21st Century Community Learning Center funds, and a special educationa advisory council.
Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-1004. Educational accountability system; annual reports.
(e) The superintendent of education is responsible for the development and implementation of an educational accountability system. The system shall include consequences and shall be designed through a collaborative process involving stakeholders that shall include parents, community members, the respective exclusive representatives, as well as others deemed appropriate by the superintendent.
Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-1124. Mandate to initiate school community councils.
(a) The department, through the board and its superintendent, shall establish a school community council system under which each public school, excluding charter schools, shall create and maintain a school community council. Each school community council shall:
- (1) Review and evaluate the school's academic plan and financial plan, and either recommend revisions of the plans to the principal, or recommend the plans for approval by the complex area superintendent;
- (2) Ensure that the school's academic and financial plans are consistent with the educational accountability system under section 302A-1004;
- (3) Participate in principal selection and evaluation, and transmit any such evaluations to the complex area superintendent; and
- (4) Provide collaborative opportunities for input and consultation.
(e) Unless otherwise specified, each school community council shall establish policies governing the council’s composition, election, staggered terms of office for members, operation, and vacancies; provided that:
- (1) The number of school personnel [on] any school community council shall be equal to the number of primary stakeholders on the school community council;
- (2) At the elementary and middle school levels, each school community council shall be composed of the principal and at least one member representing each of the following groups:
- (A) Parents elected by ballots distributed among and collected from the parents of the school’s students
- (3) At the high school level, each school community council shall be composed of the principal and at least one member representing each of the following groups:
- (A) Parents elected by ballots distributed among and collected from parents of the school’s students