STAND. COM. REP. NO.2221

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2012

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2012 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 measure is to reduce from two years to one year the minimum time of retirement for teachers to become eligible to be rehired by the Department of Education (DOE).

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Lieutenant Governor, DOE, Hawaii Teachers Standards Board, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and The Hawaii Business Roundtable.

Act 308, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2001, provided that, beginning July 1, 2001, the DOE may employ retired teachers who had been retired for two calendar years. The purpose of Act 308, SLH 2001, was to encourage the return to the classroom of experienced and qualified teachers to alleviate the teacher shortage.

Your Committees find, and empirical evidence has indicated, that the two year limitation has failed to attract enough teachers. A wait period was initially intended to prevent teachers from retiring and immediately working again. However, your Committees believe that a one-year wait period is sufficient for this purpose.

Your Committees have amended this measure by deleting the provision which would have extended the repeal date of Act 308, SLH 2001.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2012, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2012, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor,

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BOB NAKATA, Chair

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair