Report Title:

Board of Education; Salaries; Salary Commission; Established

Description:

Establishes salaries for the members of the board of education. Establishes a board of education salary commission to periodically review and recommend adjustments to board members' salaries.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1133

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the board of education.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302A-1105, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-1105 Compensation; expenses. (a) Board of education members shall [be allowed:

(1) Compensation at the rate of $100 per day for each day's actual attendance at meetings;

(2) Transportation fares between islands and abroad; and

(3) Personal expenses at the rates specified by the board while attending board meetings or while on official business as authorized by the chairperson, when the board meetings or official business require a board member to leave the island upon which the board member resides.]

receive an annual salary to be paid in equal amounts, beginning with the first pay period for state employees in November of the year the member of the board is elected.

(b) Effective July 1, 2007, the salary of the chairperson of the board shall be $ a year and the salary of other members of the board shall be $ a year. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all members of the board shall be:

(1) Included in any benefit program generally applicable to officers and employees of the State;

(2) Allowed transportation fares between islands and abroad;

(3) Allowed personal expenses at the rates specified by the board while attending board meetings or while on official business as authorized by the chairperson, when those board meetings or official business require a member to leave the island upon which the member resides; and

(4) Allowed a protocol allowance to cover expenses incurred in the course of a member's duties and responsibilities."

SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§302A- Board of education salary commission. (a) There is established within the department of education, for administrative purposes only, the board of education salary commission. The commission shall consist of five members. Two members shall be appointed by the president of the senate, two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and one member shall be appointed by the governor. Vacancies in these positions shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties.

(b) The commission shall review the salaries of the members of the board of education. The commission shall also review the salary of the deputy to the superintendent of education. The commission shall recommend an appropriate salary for the board of education members and the deputy superintendent. The commission may recommend a different salary for the chairperson of the board of education from that of board members.

(c) The commission may seek assistance from the department of education and any other agency in conducting its review, and all agencies shall fully cooperate with the commission and provide any necessary information to the commission upon request.

(d) The commission shall convene in the month of November 2007, and every eight years thereafter. Not later than the fortieth legislative day of the regular session of 2008, and every eight years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report of its findings and its salary recommendations to the legislature, through the board of education. The commission may include incremental increases that take effect over the span of years occurring prior to the convening of the next salary commission. The recommended salaries submitted by the commission shall become effective July 1 of the next fiscal year, unless the legislature disapproves the recommended salaries submitted by the commission through the adoption of a concurrent resolution, which shall be approved by a simple majority of each house of the legislature, prior to adjournment sine die of the legislative session in which the recommended salaries are submitted. The governor shall include the salary amounts, recommended by the commission and approved by the legislature, in the executive budget. If the salary amounts recommended by the commission are disapproved by the legislature, the commission shall reconvene in the month of November following the legislative disapproval to review the legislature's reasons for disapproving its salary recommendation. The commission may submit a report of its findings and submit a new salary recommendation to the legislature of the next regular session. The commission's reconvening following a legislative disapproval shall not toll the eight year cycle."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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