STAND. COM. REP. NO.  921

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 592

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 592 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to:

 

     (1)  Provide opportunities for professional growth;

 

     (2)  Enhance education to improve student achievement; and

 

     (3)  Provide educational assistants with incentive, salary supplement, and career advancement programs;

 

by appropriating funds to the Department of Education (DOE) to implement and fund the Career Ladder Program for educational assistants to attract, retain, and reward quality and excellence in educational assistants.

 

     DOE, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 592, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 592, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair