STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1124

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 318
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred H.B. No. 318 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL
     SCHOOL CLERICAL POSITIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the
Department of Education for 292 full-time temporary school
clerical positions to partially implement the recommendations of
the 1990 school and district office clerical staffing study.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Education, Hawaii School Office Services
Association, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii
Government Employees Association, and five School Administrative
Services Assistants (SASA).

     Your Committee finds that schools statewide are currently
staffed at an average of only 70% of the standard.  The school
clerical staff carry a tremendous burden in our schools, and
without additional positions there will be no relief from the
heavy workloads, morale problems, burnout, and stress.  

     Your Committee finds that the lack of adequate clerical
support has placed a heavier burden on administrators and
teachers, thereby severely hampering their ability to tend to
their professional duties.


 
a                                                     HB318 SD1
                                   STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1124
                                   Page 2


     Your Committee has amended this measure to change the
appropriation amount to $1 for purposes of further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 318, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 318,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
a                                                     HB318 SD1