CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.49
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1214
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1214, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHERS,"
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 measure is to:
(1) Authorize the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to develop, implement, and administer a support program for National Board Certification candidates in the DOE; and
(2) Increases bonus for certified teachers to $5,000 for each year certificate is valid; and
(3) Appropriates $1 for fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003.
Your Committee upon further consideration has amended the measure by:
(1) Stipulating that the application fee for National Board Certification shall be paid by the National Board Certification Candidate Support Program, not reimbursed;
(2) Deleting the bonus provision; and
(3) Substituting the $1 appropriation amounts with $75,000 for fiscal year 2001-2002 and $115,000 for fiscal year 2002-2003.
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 S.B. No. 1214, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1214, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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____________________________ BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair |
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