STAND. COM. REP. NO. 326

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1133

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1133 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the compensation structure for members of the Board of Education (BOE) by:

(1) Establishing unspecified salaries for the members;

(2) Requiring that members be included in all state employee benefit programs;

(3) Providing members with a protocol allowance;

(4) Repealing the $100 per day compensation for each day's attendance at meetings; and

(5) Establishing the BOE Salary Commission to recommend appropriate salaries for members and the Deputy Superintendent and to convene beginning in November, 2007, and every eight years thereafter.

An individual testified in support of this bill.

 

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. 1133 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair