STAND. COM. REP. 343

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1638

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1638 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require that the school year for public school employees consist of not less than 180 working days, provided that the working days are also instructional days with students.

The Department of Education (DOE) supported this bill. The Hawaii State Teachers Association opposed the measure.

Your Committee finds that DOE has tried to increase the number of teacher-student contact days through the collective bargaining process with some success. Nevertheless, the statutory establishment of at least 180 days would provide DOE with a permanent number of days that could not be lessened.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1638 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair