CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 114-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 3020

H.D. 1

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. 3020, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

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 provide funding for the staffing and facilities needed to ensure that the intent of the multi-track schooling approach does not result in lower quality education for communities with high population growth.

Your Committee finds multi-track schooling provides an effective means of maximizing the number of students that can be served by a school's physical plant by establishing multiple schedule tracks for different groups of students. However, such an arrangement makes atypical demands on personnel resources. In particular, this includes the conversion of positions to twelve-month terms of service.

Your Committee has amended the measure by:

(1) Appropriating $175,000 for the conversion of a counselor position to a twelve-month term of service at Kapolei Elementary School and the conversion of eight teacher positions to twelve-month terms of service at Kapolei Middle School; and

(2) Making the measure effective on July 1, 2004.

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. 3020, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3020, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair
____________________________ BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair
		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair