CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.50

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1362

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 the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1362, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COACHES,"

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) Require coaches coaching for the Department of Education to be paid on an allocation basis;

(2) Require coaches to receive allocation increases commensurate to those collectively bargained for teachers;

(3) Appropriate funds to increase the base allocations of coaches who are employed by the Department of Education in other capacities by 100% and coaches who are not employed by the Department of Education in other capacities by 50%.

Your Committee amended the measure by:

(1) Establishing the 2000-2001 coaching stipend as the base stipend;

(2) Appropriating funds to increase the base stipend of coaches who are employed by the Department of Education as teachers by 25% and coaches who are not employed by the department as teachers by 12.5% for the fiscal biennium of 2001-2003; and

(3) Increasing the base stipend of coaches who are employed by the Department of Education as teachers by 50% and coaches who are not employed by the department as teachers by 25%, effective July 1, 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. 1362, 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. 1362, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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KEN ITO, Chair

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

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BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair