STAND. COM. REP. NO.  525

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 11

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 11 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve public education in Hawaii by authorizing an additional per year bonus for teachers who maintain current National Board certification under the National Board Certification Incentive Program and teach at a school in a focus, priority, or Superintendent's Zone, as determined by the Department of Education.

 

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hui for Excellence in Education, IMUAlliance, and a concerned individual supported the measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended the measure by specifying that the National Board Certification Incentive Program will provide $1,500 upon a teacher's completion of all components of the certification program of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

 

     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. 11, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 11, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair