THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Friday, February 9, 2007
TIME:	9:00 a.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D A G E N D A

No measures have been added or deleted; the order in which the measures will be heard has changed as follows:

SB 1139	RELATING TO RANDOM DRUG TESTING. Requires random drug testing of public school employees, teachers, and public library employees; requires department of education to adopt rules to determine sanctions for positive drug tests.  Establishes employee assistance program.	EDU/JDL, WAM
SB 211	RELATING TO ELECTED OFFICIALS. Requires testing for illegal drugs of all elected officials of the State, county, board of education, and office of Hawaiian affairs.  Disqualifies any person who tests positive for illegal drugs from taking office.  Requires forfeiture of office upon testing positive for illegal drugs.	JDL, WAM
SB 602	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Provides a preference for qualified bids submitted for repair and maintenance services on the premises of public education facilities, if the project will provide students with experiential learning opportunities.	TSG/EDU/JDL, WAM
SB 87	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the board of education to employ or retain its own attorneys.	EDU/JDL, WAM
SB 88	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Provides teachers receiving satisfactory service performance evaluations with annual step increases for five years.  Denies DOE teachers with marginal service performance evaluations from receiving annual step increases.  Excludes teachers at the top salary levels from receiving annual step increases.	EDU/JDL, WAM
SB 96	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to develop procedures for obtaining the criminal history of persons who are seeking to serve as providers or subcontractors and trainees from an institution of higher education.  Allows the department to pass on fees charged by the Hawaii criminal justice data center.  Repeals the authority of the department to refuse to issue or to revoke a teaching or other educational certificate.  Makes appropriation.	EDU/JDL, WAM
SB 608	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides funding to the University of Hawaii to design, research, and develop an interactive searchable web-base database.	EDU/JDL, WAM
SB 610	RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE. Makes an appropriation to the department of education to settle pending class action lawsuits brought by part-time and substitute teachers against the department of education of unpaid wages.	EDU/JDL, WAM
SB 887	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a five-year pilot program within the department of education to provide trade pre-apprenticeship programs within public schools.  Appropriates funds for the establishment of the pilot program.	EDU/JDL, WAM

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 40 3-hole punched copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 227, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.   In addition, testimony may be emailed to the Public Access room at testimony@capitol.hawaii.gov.  When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6911.

________________________________________ Senator Clarence K. Nishihara Chair	________________________________________ Senator Clayton Hee Chair
	________________________________________ Senator Norman Sakamoto Chair