STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1462

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 519
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 519, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS
     BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the sunset date of the
Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to June 30, 2010.  This bill also
staggers the initial terms of the seven members to be appointed
to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board after June 30, 2000,
excluding the two members who serve in an ex officio capacity.

     Your Committee finds that the continued existence of the
Hawaii Teacher Standards Board is essential to ensuring that our
public school students are taught by qualified teaching
professionals.  Your Committee also finds that the Hawaii Teacher
Standards Board has done outstanding work in the past and should
be permitted to continue its work into the future, subject to
satisfactory evaluations.

     Your Committee also finds that the terms of present members
of the Board, excluding the ex officio members, will all expire
on June 30, 2001.  Although this current period of stability (in
terms of membership) has allowed the Hawaii Teacher Standards
Board to make remarkable progress in the short time that it has

 
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been in existence, your Committee recognizes the importance of
tempering the desire for short-term gains and results against the
need for long-term stability and consistency.  In the long-term,
staggering the terms of board members can result in more stable
and consistent decision making as it permits new members to draw
on the institutional knowledge and experience of veteran members.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying that only
the initial terms of the appointed members that commence after
June 30, 2000 (or beginning July 1, 2000), are to be staggered by
the Governor.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 519, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 519,
S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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