Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1215, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Education to rehire retired teachers in areas, determined by the department, where there is a teacher shortage.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Department of Education, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, HSTA and the Hawaii Business Roundtable supported the measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure will:

(1) Alleviate the teacher shortage problem; and

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1215, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1215, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.