REPORT TITLE:
Education


DESCRIPTION:
Repeals the sunset of the Hawaii teacher standards board.
(HB512, HD1)

 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 302A-602, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "[[]§302A-602[]]  Teachers; certificates, licenses, and
 
 4 credentials.  (a)  No person shall serve as a teacher in the
 
 5 department without first having obtained a certificate, license,
 
 6 or credential from the department in such form as the department
 
 7 determines.  The department shall establish types of certificates
 
 8 in the educational field and the requirements to qualify for
 
 9 those certificates issued to teachers who are not required to
 
10 obtain a license or credential pursuant to [[]sections 302A-801
 
11 to [302A-809].] 302A-808.
 
12      (b)  Beginning with the 1997-1998 school year, no person
 
13 paid under the salary schedule contained in the unit 5 collective
 
14 bargaining agreement shall serve as a teacher in the department
 
15 without first having obtained a license or credential pursuant to
 
16 [[]sections 302A-801 to [302A-809]] 302A-808 from the department
 
17 in such form as the department determines."
 
18      SECTION 2.  Section 302A-603, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
19 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 

 
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 1      "(b)  Beginning with the 1997-1998 school year, whoever
 
 2 serves in the department as a teacher, paid under the salary
 
 3 schedule contained in the unit 5 collective bargaining agreement,
 
 4 without holding an unrevoked or unsuspended license or credential
 
 5 issued under [[]sections 302A-801 to [302A-809,]] 302A-808, shall
 
 6 be fined not more than $500."
 
 7      SECTION 3.  Section 302A-809, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 8 repealed.
 
 9      ["[§302A-809]  Repeal.  This subpart D, sections 302A-801 to
 
10 302A-809, is repealed on June 30, 2000."]
 
11      SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 

 
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