STAND. COM. REP. NO.1243-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2270

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2270, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Strengthen the school administrator profession by establishing the Hawaii Administrator Standards Board (Board) which, among other things, shall:

(A) Establish school administrator certification standards; and

(B) Monitor school administrator quality by issuing, renewing, revoking, and suspending school administrator certificates;

and

(2) Establish no fewer than eight teacher positions to educate public school students about the internment of persons of Japanese ancestry in the United States during World War II and the lessons that may be learned from history.

The Japanese American Citizens League supported the bill. The Department of Education supported the intent of the measure. The Hawaii Governmental Employees Association supported the intent of Part I of the bill. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and a concerned individual supported Part II of the measure. A concerned individual offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date of this bill to July 1, 2020, to facilitate further discussion. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.

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 S.B. No. 2270, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2270, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair