Report Title:

Teachers; merit pay

 

Description:

Amends section 302A-618 regarding the classification of teachers for the pay schedule to allow teachers whose performance in school exceeds department standards to move up the class scale.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1479

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

  

STATE OF HAWAII

  

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to teachers.

 

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there are many teachers in the public school system whose performance in the schools exceeds department standards. The purpose of this Act is to recognize the excellence in performance of these teachers by allowing them to advance in the teacher classification system for their pay schedule based on their performance.

SECTION 2. Section 302A-618, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[§302A-618] Classification, teachers. (a) The designation of any teacher to any given class shall be determined by the department in accordance with its certification requirements.

(b) Teachers shall be classified as follows:

(1) A Class I teacher is any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department and who does not qualify as a Class II, III, IV, V, VI, or VII teacher as described below;

(2) A Class II teacher is any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department based upon four acceptable years of college education and other requirements as may be established by the department;

(3) A Class III teacher is any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department based upon five acceptable years of college education and other requirements as may be established by the department or who holds a certificate issued by the department and whose performance exceeds department standards as determined by the principal of the school at which the teacher is employed;

(4) A Class IV teacher is any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department based upon five acceptable years of college education and fifteen additional credits approved by the department and other requirements as may be established by the department or who holds a certificate issued by the department and whose performance exceeds department standards as determined by the principal of the school at which the teacher is employed;

(5) A Class V teacher is any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department based upon five acceptable years of college education and thirty additional credits approved by the department and other requirements as may be established by the department or who holds a certificate issued by the department and whose performance exceeds department standards as determined by the principal of the school at which the teacher is employed;

(6) A Class VI teacher is any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department based upon five acceptable years of college education and forty-five additional credits approved by the department and other requirements as may be established by the department or who holds a certificate issued by the department and whose performance exceeds department standards as determined by the principal of the school at which the teacher is employed; and

(7) A Class VII teacher is any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department based upon five acceptable years of college education and sixty-six additional credits approved by the department and other requirements as may be established by the department, or any teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department based upon a doctorate and who teaches subjects in or related to the teacher's major or a teacher who holds a certificate issued by the department and whose performance exceeds department standards as determined by the principal of the school at which the teacher is employed.

(c) Any teacher teaching technical school courses who is transferred to a community college under the jurisdiction of the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall not suffer any loss of salary, seniority, prior service credit, vacation, sick leave, or other employee benefit or privilege.

(d) Beginning with the 1997-1998 school year, this section shall be interpreted as though the terms "certification" and "certificate" read "licensing" or "credentialing", and "license" or "credential", as the latter terms are used in subpart D, and as circumstances require."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

 

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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