CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 123

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1237

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1237, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO 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 measure is to provide for the enforcement of the law prohibiting teaching in the public schools without a license issued by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board.

In addition, this measure defines, for statistical and reporting purposes, "teaching out-of-field", "out-of-field teaching", and "out-of-field teacher" (which refer to teaching outside one's authorized field as indicated on the license issued by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board).

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the appropriation for the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to maintain a national board certification candidate support program for public school teachers;

(2) Deleting the provision granting immunity to a person participating in good faith in the making of a report concerning teaching without a license;

(3) Deleting the appropriation for the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to hire necessary staff to conduct the Board's licensing and license renewal functions;

(4) Adding a provision allowing the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to:

(A) Fund its currently established positions without having to reestablish them contingent on the availability of moneys in the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board Special Fund; and

(B) Make the foregoing positions permanent if the Board approves this action; and

(5) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity and style.

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 S.B. No. 1237, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1237, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair
____________________________ THOMAS WATERS, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair