STAND. COM. REP. NO.754
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1670
H.D. 2
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. 1670, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTINUATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure quality and competent teachers in our public schools by appropriating funds to support the creation and continuation of professional development schools.
The University of Hawaii and Hawaii Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students and Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Education submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor commented on this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Including consortia of public schools and departments within public schools in the definition of "professional development schools";
(2) Clarifying that the grants provided under this bill are subject to the availability of resources; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 1670, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1670, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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