Election 2010: Board of Education Amendment HB2376

This week on Insights, host Dan Boylan and a panel of education experts will discuss the Hawaii Board of Education Amendment, or HB2376, which will appear on the November 2 ballot.

The measure calls for the amendment of the Hawaii State Constitution to allow the governor to nominate and appoint members to the Board of Education with the Senate's consent.

The guests are Garrett Toguchi, State Board of Education Chair; Joan Lewis, Hawaii State Teachers Association; Barry Taniguchi, Hawaii's Children First President and KTA Super Stores CEO; and Dyanna Okazaki, public school parent and Parent-Teacher-Student Association Board Member.

This conversation was recorded on Sept. 23, 2010 in the PBS Hawaii studio. Insights on PBS Hawaii is presented on Thursdays at 7:30.