Clarifying statutory references to public schools as they relate to new century charter schools

This study was prepared in response to Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004 (Senate bill no. 3238, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1). The act directed the Legislative Reference Bureau to "conduct a study to determine conforming amendments to the Hawaii Revised Statutes that may be necessary as a result of the amended definition of 'public school' in section 5, [of Act 51] to effectuate the purposes of this act without altering either the effect or intent of existing statutory language."