Welcome to the LSB Archive

This archive was created in response to Act 298, the charter school omnibus bill [SB2719 CD1], passed during the 2006 legislative session. This bill revised charter school law in Hawai'i.

The local school boards (LSBs) for charter schools in Hawai'i remain exempt from the State's Sunshine Law. However, the LSBs are required to make public their meeting agendas and minutes.

What does the law say about how and when the local school boards need to share these things?

The local school board must make meeting notices and agendas available at least six calendar days before a public meeting on the board's or charter school's website. Notices and agendas also need to be publicly accessible at the board's or the CSAO"s office during regular business hours.

The local school board must make their minutes available "on a timely basis" on the board's or charter school's website and in the board's or CSAO's office during regular business hours.

Hawaii’s 31 Public Charter Schools are governed by their respective Local School Board, the organization inspired to create, govern and facilitate the academic program and financial oversight of the school. The LSB is the autonomous governing body for the school and is the entity created to guide the vision, mission and values of the school program while attaining the ability to proactively seek innovative solutions to provide the community a dynamic charter school program that is responsive to the needs of parent and students as true examples of schools of choice.