Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 509, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide substitute teachers of the Department of Education (DOE), including part-time employees working less than one-half of a full-time equivalent, with a means to share in the decision-making affecting their wages, employment benefits, and working conditions by:

The Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 368, AFL-CIO supported this measure. DOE and the Office of Collective Bargaining and Managed Competition opposed 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 H.B. No. 509, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.