STAND. COM. REP. 486

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1340

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1340 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) to impose penalties against persons who hire unlicensed individuals as teachers and individuals who inaccurately portray themselves as licensed teachers.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the bill from the Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Teachers Standards Board, and an individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to the bill from an individual. Your Committee received comments on the bill from the Department of Education and Office of Information Practices.

Your Committee finds that this bill is part of an ongoing process by which the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board has assumed the licensing authority that used to reside with the Department of Education, removing a conflict of interest and ensuring that every student is taught by a qualified teacher.

 

Your Committee has amended the bill by:

(1) Reducing the appropriation amounts to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Allowing HTSB to withhold information that is subject to the exceptions and limitations on disclosure set forth in Chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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. 1340, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1340, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair