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.
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 |
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