STAND. COM. REP. NO.  796

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 11

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 11, H.D. 1, 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:

 

     (1)  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; and

 

     (2)  Specifying that the National Board Certification Incentive Program provides $1,500 upon a teacher's completion of all components of the certification program.  

 

     The Department of Education, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, Hui for Excellence in Education, IMUAlliance, and several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 11, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 11, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair