STAND. COM. REP. NO.837
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1669
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1669 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHERS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to invest in the education of teachers to improve student achievement by:
(1) Authorizing the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to develop, implement, and administer a program to support national board certification candidates in the public schools;
(2) Encouraging teacher certification by reimbursing application fees, paying salary bonuses, subsidizing a candidate support program, and providing inter-island airfare for neighbor island candidates to attend support sessions and assessment center exercises; and
(3) Appropriating funds.
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, University of Hawaii College of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and Hawaii Teacher Standards Board testified in support of this measure. The Department of Education supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Amending the appropriation amounts to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1669, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1669, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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