STAND. COM. REP. NO.  500

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 24

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 24 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide greater incentives for teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to work at schools that are restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act by giving these teachers an additional $5,000 bonus per year.

 

     The University of Hawaii and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that offering monetary incentives to nationally certified teachers to teach at schools undergoing restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act will help alleviate the shortage of teachers in these high need areas.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 24 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.


 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair