STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1329-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2830
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Labor and Public
Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2830 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL
     PRINCIPALS AND VICE PRINCIPALS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Require vice-principals of public schools to meet the
          same certification and work experience requirements as
          principals;

     (2)  Delete "acting principals" from the provision; and

     (3)  Delete the requirement that principals must have one
          year of experience in Hawaii schools.

     The Department of Education (DOE) and an individual
testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Government
Employees Association testified in opposition to this bill.

     Your Committees find that DOE anticipates a major shortage
of school administrators in the next five years.  There is an
acute need to broaden the State's applicant pool for these
positions.  Although DOE has made school administrator training a
major priority, DOE also needs to be able to seek qualified
applicants as freely as possible.  Currently, applicants must
have worked in Hawaii's schools for at least a year to be hired

 
 
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as a principal.  This bill will make it significantly easier for
experienced professionals from outside the State, and will
augment DOE's efforts to prepare for the anticipated shortage of
educational officers.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Labor and Public Employment that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2830 and recommend that it pass
Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Labor and Public Employment,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair         KEN ITO, Chair