Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2165 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) has sole jurisdiction over all matters concerning the issuance and revocation of teacher licenses.

The Lieutenant Governor, HTSB, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Education submitted testimony in support of this measure with proposed amendments. An individual submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committees find that this bill is a housekeeping measure intended to clarify the intent of past legislation relating to HTSB. This bill reinforces previous efforts to empower HTSB as an autonomous body, and separate the hiring and licensing of teachers.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor and Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2165 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.