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Principals urge Senate to preserve complex area superintendents as bill to repeal posts moves forward with amendments

Hawaii State Legislature — Committee on Education (joint with Committee on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts) · February 14, 2026
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Summary

More than a hundred principals and education leaders testified against SB 3334, which would eliminate complex area superintendent positions; committee voted to pass the bill with amendments and to send it to Ways and Means for further public comment and fiscal review.

SB 3334 — a bill that would repeal the complex area superintendent (CAS) positions and shift principal selection, evaluation and some decisionmaking to district-level superintendents and School Community Councils (SCCs) — drew extensive public testimony on Feb. 13.

More than a hundred written submissions and a large roster of principals and school leaders testified in opposition. Principals from neighbor-island and Oahu complexes…

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