Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1174 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enable public schools to attract highly qualified substitute teachers by allowing the Board of Education to set per diem rates for substitute teachers based on their educational training and qualifications.

The Department of Education supported this bill.

Current law requires all substitute teachers, regardless of qualifications, to be paid one per diem rate, resulting in no recognition of completion of a state-approved teacher education program or attainment of a college degree. This bill will encourage substitute teachers to attain high professional qualification levels.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1174 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.