Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1046 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Department of Education (DOE) for 260 new teacher positions. These new teacher positions are to implement the recommendations of the Felix v. Cayetano management and accountability study to change the formula by which teachers are allocated. Under these recommendations, special education students are counted as one whole regular education student for the purposes of allocating regular education teachers.

DOE testified in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that both regular education and special education students are affected by the Felix v. Cayetano Consent Decree. The appropriation in this bill will allow the new allocation system to be implemented, ensuring an adequate student/teacher ratio for all students.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1046, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1046, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.