CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 115-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2424
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2424, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOLS,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to preserve and extend civil service rights, privileges, and benefits to certain employees of new century conversion charter schools.
Your Committee on Conference finds that Act 2, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, enabled a non-profit corporation to partner with an existing public school to become a new century conversion charter school. Your Committee on Conference further finds that new century conversion charter schools provide the opportunity for greater flexibility, choice, and accountability in public schools, while concentrating on improved student achievement. However, an unintended consequence of authorizing the charter school conversion process was the loss of civil service benefits and privileges for certain employees. Your Committee on Conference determines that the benefits of civil service status should be preserved. Therefore, civil service employees of the Department of Education schools shall retain their civil service status upon the conversion of their school to a charter school. Additionally, civil service status shall be granted to employees hired after a school's conversion who are in positions that would be civil service positions in a Department of Education school.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that an employee with civil service status who transfers to another civil service position shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, and benefits of continuous, uninterrupted civil service; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2424, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2424, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |