Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 2583 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to fund collective bargaining cost items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of Unit 5, teachers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule, including part-time employees working less than one-half of a full-time equivalent.

This measure also funds salary increases and cost adjustments for officers and employees within the Department of Education who are excluded from collective bargaining.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee finds that, although no sums have been appropriated or authorized from the sources of funding indicated in this measure, a vehicle for funding these collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments should continue to advance in the Legislature as negotiations between the State and the exclusive bargaining representative for Unit 5 will eventually produce a settlement.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2583, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.