STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO.2794

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2055

S.D. 2

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2055, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify certain jurisdictional issues concerning the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board.

Specifically, this bill clarifies that:

(1) The Hawaii Teacher Standards Board has jurisdiction over all matters concerning the issuance and revocation of teacher licenses; and

(2) The Department of Education has jurisdiction over all matters concerning the issuance and revocation of certificates issued to individuals who are not required to obtain a teacher license.

In addition, this measure requires the Department of Education and the Department of Human Resources Development to facilitate the establishment, rather than transfer, of positions as required by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board in order to allow the board to hire its own staff.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Replacing the sum appropriated for fiscal year 2002-2003 to conduct the new functions of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board with an unspecified amount;

(2) Deleting a provision allowing the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to grant extensions of credentials on a case-by-case basis until June 30, 2002;

(3) Deleting references to "credentials" and "credentialing" in section 4 (relating to section 302A-803, Hawaii Revised Statutes) in order to ensure consistency with section 13 of Act 312, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001;

(4) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2002, in order to coordinate the application of this measure with the application of section 13 of Act 312, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001; and

(5) Making a technical nonsubstantive change for purposes of clarity.

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. 2055, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2055, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair