HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION |
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Rep. Roy M. Takumi, Chair |
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Rep. Lyla B. Berg, Ph.D., Vice Chair |
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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki |
Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina |
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Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro |
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Rep. Jerry L. Chang |
Rep. Tommy Waters |
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Rep. Josh Green, M.D. |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
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Rep. Heléne H. Hale |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
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Rep. Bev Harbin |
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
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Rep. Kirk Caldwell, Chair |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Pono Chong |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
Rep. Anne V. Stevens |
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Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Saturday, February 4, 2006 |
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TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 1884 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to retain a teacher position for the Hoa Aina O Makaha cultural learning center. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 2552 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the Department of Education to consider hiring persons with bachelors or higher degrees who have teaching experience to teach in subjects in which they have a degree. Requires that one member of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board come from a non-teaching background. Authorizes the Department of Education to expand on the standardized statewide Teacher Induction Program. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 2551 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Confers the same rights and benefits of civil service employees in the department of education to civil service employees of the new conversion charter schools. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 2962 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Omnibus public charter schools recodification. Creates a new chapter on charter school governance. |
EDN/LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2609 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR EMPLOYEES IN NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS. Assigns new century charter school employees to public sector bargaining units. Establishes collective bargaining process for new century charter school employees. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 3098 |
RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Designates local school boards as an employer for collective bargaining purposes and allows the executive director of the charter school administrative office to negotiate union agreements. Allows certain charter school employees to have the same transfer, tenure and promotion rights as civil service employees. |
EDN/LAB, FIN |
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HB 2550 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Caps the total financial contribution and allocation for charter schools at $1,500 per pupil. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 2610 |
RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Provides seed money to establish the charter schools facilities fund partnership. Provides a tax credit to landlords who rent or lease to charter schools. Encourages the State to enter into leases charter schools at rates comparable to other State agencies. Reimburses new century charter schools for rent, lease, or mortgage payments for charter school facilities. |
EDN, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Kirk Caldwell Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Roy Takumi Chair |
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