Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1379 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to fund all collective bargaining cost items in the arbitration award for collective bargaining unit 5 (teachers and other personnel of the Department of Education under the same salary schedule).

In addition, this measure funds the salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized by chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for teachers and other personnel of the Department of Education under the same salary schedule who are excluded from collective bargaining.

Although no sums have been appropriated or authorized from the sources of funding indicated in this measure, your Committee believes that a vehicle for funding these collective bargaining cost items, and salary increases and other cost adjustments should continue to advance in the Legislature as negotiations between the State and the exclusive bargaining representative for unit 5 will eventually produce a settlement.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1379 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.