CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.87
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 469
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 469, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to provide the Department of Education (DOE) with more flexibility in hiring by:
(1) Removing the requirement that DOE principals and vice-principals must have served as a teacher for not less than five years;
(2) Requiring principals to have not less than five years of appropriate school-level experience of which at least three years have been as a teacher;
(3) Requiring vice-principals to have appropriate school-level experience as determined by DOE;
(4) Allowing DOE to waive certification and experience requirements for vice-principal candidates on a case-by-case basis; and
(5) Requiring DOE to establish criteria and reasons for waivers.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to upon its approval; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 469, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 469, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BOB NAKATA, Co-Chair |
_____________________________ TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair |
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