STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO.1138

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1175

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1175, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make statutory changes to reflect a school complex-based administrative structure within the Department of Education.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that the Superintendent of Education has the legal authority to de-centralize the administrative structure of the public school system. Your Committee further finds that the current Superintendent has been exercising that authority by establishing a school complex-based administrative structure to allow for more school and complex-based management within a school complex. Your Committee agrees that the changes proposed in this measure reflect a positive direction and supports de-centralizing certain authorities and responsibilities within the public school system.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Redesignating the "district" superintendents as "administrative" superintendents and inserting a definition therefor;

(2) Inserting a cap on the salaries of the deputy superintendent, and the assistant and administrative superintendents, at eighty percent of the superintendent's salary;

(3) Inserting a defective effective date of July 1, 3333; and

(4) Making a technical, nonsubstantive change for the purpose of style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1175, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1175, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair