STAND. COM. REP. 1271

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 205

S.D. 3

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 205, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to facilitate stronger parental involvement in their children's education by establishing that public employees shall be eligible for at least two hours of paid leave, under certain conditions, to attend either:

(1) A mutually-scheduled parent-teacher conference for children in grades kindergarten through twelve; or

(2) A mutually-scheduled parent-caregiver conference for a preschool aged child attending a licensed child care center.

In addition, this bill:

(1) Establishes a limit of no more than four conferences per child in a single calendar year; and

(2) Requires that travel time be included as part of the two hours of paid leave permitted for each conference.

The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 205, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 205, S.D. 3, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair