Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2163 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the teacher shortage by extending the deadline to July 1, 2007, for the Department of Education (DOE) to rehire teachers who have been retired for at least one year.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, DOE, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, and the Hawaii Business Roundtable testified in support of this measure.

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 H.B. No. 2163 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.