STAND. COM. REP. NO. 781-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 14
S.D. 1
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 Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 14, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REHIRING RETIRED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to address the shortage of school administrators currently facing the Department of Education (DOE) by allowing the Department of Education (DOE) to hire qualified retired principals and vice principals to fill vacant principal and vice principal positions in DOE identified shortage areas. This bill further clarifies that in the hiring of retired principals and vice principals, the following requirements shall apply:
(1) Persons hired by the DOE shall have been retired for at least one year before being reemployed by DOE;
(2) Retired principals and vice principals who are rehired shall not earn retirement service credit, contribute to the retirement system, or gain additional retirement system benefits as a result of their reemployment;
(3) Retired principals and vice principals shall receive their entitled normal retirement benefits without being penalized as a result of their reemployment;
(4) Vacant principal and vice principal positions shall be advertised when there are no applicants for the vacancy; and
(5) Upon re-employment, retired principals and vice principals shall be compensated at the entry level pay rate.
DOE testified in support of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance and the Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee finds that the DOE is facing a serious problem with administrative vacancies over the next five years and that this bill will help address this shortage.
After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying that the DOE may hire retired principals and vice principals without affecting their retirement benefits beginning July 1, 2004;
(2) Inserting a sunset provision of June 30, 2009; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 14, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 14, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |