STAND. COM. REP. 1127

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1237

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1237, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of bill is to:

(1) Define the terms, "teaching out-of-field" and "out-of-field teacher" for purposes of statistical reporting by the Department of Education (DOE); and

(2) Require that certain annual reports by DOE to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) be posted on DOE's Internet website.

DOE, HTSB, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the terms "teaching out-of-field" and "out-of-field teacher" are vaguely defined and subject to differing interpretations by DOE and HTSB. Your Committee further finds that a clarification of these definitions will benefit students, because the credentials of their teachers will be clearer.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting provisions that:

(1) Appropriate funds to support the National Board Certification Candidate Support Program;

(2) Provide for procedures for the enforcement of the penalty for hiring unlicensed individuals or for posing as a licensed teacher; and

(3) Appropriate funds to HTSB for licensing and license renewal functions.

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

S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair