STAND. COM. REP. NO.1412
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1212
S.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 1212, S.D. 1, 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 provide greater accountability and flexibility within the teaching profession by:
(1) Transfering the responsibility of licensing public school teachers and state approval of teacher education programs from the Department of Education (DOE) to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB); and
(2) Changing the composition of the HTSB.
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Hawaii State Teachers Association, University of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Business Roundtable supported this measure. DOE and HTSB supported this measure with amendments. Hawaii Association of Independent Schools provided comments.
A private citizen opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by 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 S.B. No. 1212, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1212, S.D. 1, 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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