STAND. COM. REP. 3246
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 1924
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1924, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to ensure that tenured teachers who have satisfactory performance evaluations receive the appropriate salary increase in the fiscal year that the increase is effected.
Your Committee finds that, in a time when there is a teacher shortage, Hawaii is one of the few school districts in the United States that does not provide incremental movement for its teachers. Your Committee believes that annual incremental step movements are critical to keep Hawaii's teachers' salaries competitive and will serve as a vital recruiting and retention tool for Hawaii's teachers.
Your Committee amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the reference to April 16 as the negotiations impasse date, because the impasse date was changed to February 1 under section 89-11 (as amended by Act 232, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002);
(2) Changing the effective date from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2020 to facilitate continuing discussion on the measure; and
(3) Making a technical nonsubstantive change for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1924, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1924, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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