STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2222

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2380

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2380 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the Board of Education membership by inviting the exclusive representative for bargaining unit 5 (teachers and other personnel of the Department of Education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the Board.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Teachers Association and IMUAlliance.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committees find that the Board of Education consists of nine members, none of whom are required to be public school teachers, and that the Board will benefit from the appointment of a current public school teacher, to serve as a nonvoting representative to the Board, as this teacher can provide first-hand experience and expertise on the educational climate in Hawaii's public schools and explain the resources teachers need to help Hawaii's students.  An appointed public school teacher on the Board will provide insight into current and proposed educational practices and policies and the effects of those practices and policies on teachers, students, and the community.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2380 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair