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 S.B. No. 2816, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to alleviate the teacher shortage in the State's public school system by creating the Hawaii Educator Incentive Program and Special Fund to provide financial assistance to teachers who graduate from state-approved teacher education programs in Hawaii and agree to serve within the Department of Education (DOE).

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, DOE, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and several students 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 S.B. No. 2816, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.