THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

    MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2000

          COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
           COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT
                        2:00 p.m.
                   Conference Room 212

        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
            (Deferred from February 14, 2000)

SB 2837    RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY   EDU/LRE, WAM
           Requires  the  DOE  to  implement  the  educational
           accountability system for  Hawaii's public schools.
           (Mizuguchi (BR))

SB 2653    RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS   EDU/LRE, WAM
           Provides legal protection  for  new century charter
           school  boards.      Creates   separate  collective
           bargaining unit for these schools. (D. Ige)

SB 3012    RELATING TO EDUCATION                    EDU/LRE, WAM
           Allows the department of  education to create small
           schools  within  the  physical  plant  of  a larger
           school.    Defines  small  school.    Requires  the
           department of education  to  provide pay incentives
           to teachers at small schools. (Slom)

SB 2380    RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION         EDU/LRE, WAM
           Requires teachers  to  receive  their normal annual
           increment or longevity  increase,  as  the case may
           be, for a year's satisfactory service in any fiscal
           year that  an  increase  in  the appropriate salary
           schedule is effected,  except  as  provided by law.
           (Sakamoto)

SB 2652    RELATING TO SCHOOL-TO-WORK               LRE/EDU, WAM
           Amends   powers    of    STW   Executive   Council;
           administratively   places    council   within   UH;
           appropriates funds for Council. (D. Ige/Sakamoto)

SB 2264    RELATING TO EDUCATION                        EDU, WAM
           Provides for the  evaluation  of  teachers by their
           students at least  once  in  each  semester of each
           school year.  Requires the  DOE to consult with the
           Hawaii State  Teachers  Association  and the Hawaii
           state student  council  on  matters  concerning the
           evaluation of teachers. (D.Ige, etc.)

SB 2831    RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD    EDU
           Authorizes the  Hawaii  Teacher  Standards Board to
           grant waivers, on  a  case-by-base basis, to extend
           the employment by  one  to  two  years for teachers
           hired under credentials. (Mizuguchi(BR))

SB 3025    RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION      EDU, WAM
           Creates   computerized   student   tracking  system
           (Sakamoto, etc.)

                   No testimony will be accepted.

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