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. 2926, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a comprehensive occupational validation study of its educational officers.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in opposition to this bill. DOE submitted comments on this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to facilitate further discussion.

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. 2926, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2926, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.