STAND. COM. REP. NO.1373

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 530

S.D. 2

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. 530, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that Hawaii's public schools are appropriately staffed by qualified administrators by:

(1) Reducing from five years to three years the amount of required teaching experience for principal and vice-principal positions in the Department of Education (DOE);

(2) Requiring the Board of Education (BOE) to create salary ranges for principals and vice-principals that include provisions for salary incentives for exemplary employees;

(3) Authorizing BOE to grant principals and vice-principals longevity step increases more often than once every three years;

(4) Providing additional benefits to principals and vice-principals at special needs schools;

(5) Allowing principals and vice-principals to receive incentive packages provided by local communities;

(6) Establishing a program for tuition assistance for exemplary teachers attending the University of Hawaii; and

(7) Appropriating an unspecified amount of funds to effectuate the various provisions of the bill.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill. DOE submitted comments on this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

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. 530, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 530, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair