STAND. COM. REP. NO.771
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1671
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. 1671, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to make the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (Board), rather than the Department of Education (DOE), responsible for the licensing and credentialing of teachers.
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students supported the intent of the bill. DOE commented on the bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Providing that on an emergency and case-by-case basis, the DOE may hire an unlicensed individual for up to four years;
(2) Clarifying that permits from the Board are not required for emergency hires;
(3) Excluding the numbers and types of students taught by out-of-field teachers from the DOE's annual report to the Board; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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. 1671, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1671, 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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