STAND. COM. REP. NO.306

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 23

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 23 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for additional educational officer and support staff positions to enhance the Department of Education's ability to recruit and hire teachers and educational officers.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Government Employees Association Local 152. The Department of Education submitted testimony in support of the intent of this measure. The Hawaii Teachers Standards Board submitted testimony expressing concerns about this measure.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii public school system is facing increased competition in filling the growing numbers of vacant teacher and school-level administrator positions. Your Committee further finds that additional staff should enhance the Department's ability to more aggressively recruit for and fill these vacant positions.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting all references to licensing of teachers by Department of Education staff, as this function is performed by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board.

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 S.B. No. 23, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 23, 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,

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair