STAND. COM. REP. NO.873-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2036
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2036, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is to:
(1) Require the Department of Education (DOE) to provide competitive incentive bonuses to schools equal to a percentage of any nonstate grant or subsidy awarded to a school or teacher at that school; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the bonuses.
For purposes of public discussion, your Committee has circulated a proposed H.D. 1 version of this bill. As amended, the proposed draft replaces the substance of the bill, amending the current formula for allocating funds to charter schools by:
(1) Requiring that the allocation be based on the total DOE appropriation for EDN 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 and the projected per-pupil allocation for the current fiscal year;
(2) Requiring DOE to provide transitional funding to a conversion charter school for its first fiscal year of operation as a charter, based on the school's allocation for the prior fiscal year;
(3) Deleting the requirement that the increment to the per-pupil allocation provided to a charter school for special education students shall not exceed that provided to other public schools; and
(4) Requiring the Auditor to develop a methodology for allocating funds to conversion charter schools based on the allocation received by a newly-converted charter school during the year prior to conversion; provided that the allocation shall be based upon the school's previous year's budget for EDN 100 and 200, and specified sections of EDN 150, 300, 400, and 500, and taking into account annual changes made by the Legislature, Governor, or through collective bargaining.
Kamehameha Schools submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill. DOE and the Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by incorporating the provisions of the proposed H.D. 1.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2036, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2036, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair |