STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1588

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 96
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 96 entitled:

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     EDUCATION AND THE HAWAII SCHOOL OFFICE SERVICES ASSOCIATION
     TO DEVELOP A STAFFING FORMULA FOR SCHOOL OFFICE STAFF,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Education and the Hawaii School Office Services Association to
develop a staffing formula for school office staff, and to submit
their recommendations to the Legislature prior to the convening
of the Regular Session of 2000.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Education, the Hawaii School Office
Services Association, and the school administrative services
assistant of Kalaheo High School.

     Your Committee finds that the last staffing study for school
and district office clerical positions was conducted in 1990.
Since the completion of that study, legislatively mandated and
department initiated restructuring at the state, district, and
school levels and the imposition of additional recordkeeping and
reporting requirements under the Felix v. Cayetano consent decree
and the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
have added a considerable amount of clerical work that must be

 
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performed by school office staff.  Due to chronic and severe
understaffing, many school office staff take work home in the
evenings and go to work on the weekends; burnout is high and
morale in school offices is very low.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 96,
and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education,



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair

 
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