STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 705-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1780

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1780 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase parent involvement in the education of their children by clarifying statutory language pertaining to paid leave for parents who attend parent-teacher and parent-caregiver conferences. More specifically, this measure:

(1) Limits paid leave for government employees who attend a parent-teacher or parent-caregiver conference to two hours; and

(2) Clarifies that government employees are eligible to receive paid leave to attend parent-teacher conferences of any child who is attending a public or private school in grades kindergarten through twelve.

The Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Education, Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu, and Hawaii Government Employees' Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion.

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. 1780, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1780, H.D. 1.

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

		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair