STAND. COM. REP. 236

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1505

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1505 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER SALARIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $48,000,000 for annual increment step increases for teachers, including $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2003-2004 and $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2004-2005.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Office of Collective Bargaining submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committees find that virtually every school district in the United States recognizes a teacher's enhanced experience by providing an annual salary step movement. Such increases are critical to retaining teachers and keeping salaries at competitive levels for teacher recruitment.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor and Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1505 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor and Public Employment,

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair