STAND. COM. REP. NO. 264

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1157
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1157 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Board of
Education to appoint the State Librarian and to set terms and
conditions of employment and salary.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Board of Education and Information Services.

     Your Committee finds that permitting the Board to appoint
the State Librarian without regard to the state residency
requirements and for a term of up to four years will provide
equity in treatment between the Superintendent of Education and
the State Librarian, and assure the continuity of management of
the Library system.  Your Committee further finds that providing
the Board with the authority to set the State Librarian's salary
will increase the likelihood that the Board will be able to
competitively recruit and retain highly qualified individuals for
the position.  This would promote greater accountability from the
State Librarian by directly linking the State Librarian's salary
to job performance.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to allow the Board
of Education to set the salary of the State Librarian without a
cap until July 1, 2004.  At that time, it is the intent of your

 
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Committee that the legislature review the effectiveness of
allowing the Board of Education to set the salary of the State
Librarian, and make any appropriate adjustments, if necessary.
To give the Board of Education time to implement this measure,
your Committee has further amended the measure to take effect on
August 1, 1999.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1157, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1157,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology,



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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