STAND. COM. REP. NO.562
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 353
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 S.B. No. 353 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to propose various education system reforms that would reconfigure the education finance system to align it with complex-based management, clarify the roles and responsibilities of education administrators within the Department of Education, establish community collaboration initiatives, and establish various quality school and teaching initiatives, including a system of rewards and assistance.
Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education and the Hawaii Government Employees Association Local 152. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Budget and Finance. The Office of Information Practices and the Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted comments on this measure.
Your Committee finds that this measure reflects discussions held during the 2002 interim involving various stakeholders and constituencies within the public education community. Your Committee further finds that many issues were raised with regard to achieving positive results within our public education system, and the issues included in this measure represent a summation of those discussions and are being proposed for further consideration during this legislative session as part of the larger discussion of systemic education reform.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the section of the measure that repeals the learning support centers;
(2) Deleting the section of the measure that establishes recruitment and retention incentives for hard-to-fill teaching positions;
(3) Deleting the section of the measure establishing the school administrator training academy;
(4) Deleting the section of the measure that establishes the council on education data and accountability indicators, and the appropriation therefor;
(5) Changing the effective date to upon approval, except for Parts II and III of the measure which shall take effect on July 1, 2005; and
(6) Making technical nonsubstantive changes to conform to the above changes.
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. 353, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 353, 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,
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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