REPORT TITLE:
Approp.; Teacher stipends


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds to provide stipends for teachers with
financial hardships to take the required career development
classes and remain licensed teachers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           854
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT STIPENDS FOR
   TEACHERS.


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Teachers are required to take career development
 
 2 courses for college credits in order to be relicensed as a
 
 3 teacher.  However, the legislature finds that there may be cases
 
 4 of financial hardship that unintentionally prevent teachers from
 
 5 taking these courses and remaining licensed.  Because of this,
 
 6 otherwise capable teachers are unable to remain licensed, making
 
 7 the students and the classrooms the ultimate victims.
 
 8      The purpose of this Act is to provide stipends for teachers
 
 9 who, due to financial hardships, are unable to take the required
 
10 career development courses.
 
11      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
12 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so
 
13 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to
 
14 provide stipends for teachers unable to afford the required
 
15 career development courses.
 
16      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
17 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 

 
 
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 1      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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