STAND. COM. REP. NO. 108-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2094
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
2094 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REHIRING RETIRED TEACHERS IN
     THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to alleviate the shortage of
teachers in certain areas by permitting the Department of
Education to rehire retired teachers for the 2000 to 2001 school
year while allowing them to receive retirement benefits on a
temporary full-time basis.

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in
support of this measure.  The Department of Education submitted
testimony in opposition.  Comments were submitted by a concerned
individual.

     Your Committee finds that there are highly qualified
teachers who participated in the 1995 early retirement incentive
program who would be willing to return to teaching positions on a
year-to-year basis, as long as they would not be forced to lose
their current retirement benefits.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2094 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair