STAND. COM. REP. 1436
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1237
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 1237, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Define the terms, "teaching out-of-field," "out-of-field teaching," and "out-of-field teacher" for purposes of statistical reporting by the Department of Education (DOE);
(2) Require that certain annual reports by DOE to the Hawaii Teacher standards Board (HTSB) be posted on DOE's Internet website;
(3) Mandate that licensed teachers, and officers or employees of DOE or a teacher preparation institute, report unlicensed or uncredentialed teachers;
(4) Appropriate funds to maintain a National Board Certification Candidate Support Program (Certification Program); and
(5) Appropriate funds to conduct the licensing and licensing renewal functions of HTSB.
DOE, HTSB, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying the expenses that qualify for support under the national board Certification Program; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
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 S.B. No. 1237, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1237, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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