THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair

Senator Gary L. Hooser, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, January 30, 2004

TIME:

1:30 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 212

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 2065

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Amends the definition of teacher to mean those who spend not less than 70% of their formal employment time in the direct classroom instruction of students. Enhances teacher hiring certainty by requiring schools to finalize teacher hiring before the end of the fiscal year. Lowers teacher-student ratios.

EDU, WAM

SB 2421

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Establishes a master teachers training and certification program for teachers who desire to increase the quality of their teaching skills and serve as a resource to other teachers. Establishes a master teachers job series and salary ranges, grades, and schedules for the series; appropriates funds.

EDU, WAM

SB 2202

RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.

Requires teachers to receive their normal annual increment or longevity increase, as the case may be, for a year's satisfactory service in any fiscal year that an increase in the appropriate salary schedule is effected, except as provided by law.

EDU, WAM

SB 2112

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER TAX CREDIT.

Provides a tax credit to public school teachers of $500 for teachers with less than five years of experience and $250 for teachers with five or more years of experience.

EDU, WAM

SB 2422

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Provides a tax credit for landlords who provide housing for teachers employed in hard-to-staff public schools.

EDU, WAM

SB 2423

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Provides a tax credit for developers who lease state-owned lands to build housing for lease or rental to teachers employed in hard-to-staff public schools.

EDU, WAM

SB 2317

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires that additional part-time teachers and/or aides be added when the 1-to-26 ratio is exceeded in grades three to five in department of education schools.

EDU, WAM

SB 2318

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Provides one permanent half-time teacher's aide for each department of education third grade classroom.

EDU, WAM

SB 2321

RELATING TO TEACHER'S AIDES.

Appropriates funding to establish a teacher's aide pilot program on Kauai.

EDU, WAM

SB 2330

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allocates four additional teacher positions to Kapaa Elementary School for the purpose of maintaining the their schools within a school concept for fiscal year 2004-2005.

EDU, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

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Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6729

 

 

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Senator Norman Sakamoto

Chair