STAND. COM. REP. NO.144

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 343

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 343 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Education (DOE) to establish a merit pay system for principals that rewards principals for their school's improvement in measurable areas of performance.

DOE and Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that principals, as the managers of their schools, are the administrators who are most directly responsible for the performance of each school. Establishing a merit pay scheme would be an excellent means by which to motivate improved overall performance in public schools

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. 343 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Employment.

 

 

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

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KEN ITO, Chair