CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 138

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1175

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1175, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to enact various administrative reforms to the Department of Education (DOE), including:

(1) Allowing the Board of Education to set the salary of the Deputy Superintendent;

(2) Changing the title of "district superintendent" to "administrative superintendent" and changing the role of these positions to chief administrative officer of a school complex, responsible for supervising the delivery of services to the complex; and

(3) Capping the salaries of the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents, and administrative superintendents at 80 percent of the salary of the Superintendent of Education's salary.

Your Committee on Conference finds that this bill will ensure that the statutes better reflect the decentralization reforms being implemented within the Department of Education. Furthermore, this bill provides an improved salary structure for various DOE administrators.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing all references to "administrative superintendent" to read "complex area superintendent";

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2003; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1175, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1175, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair