Appropriates funds to hire additional athletic health care trainers in public schools.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that additional athletic health care trainers are necessary to maintain quality care for student-athletes in light of an increase in the number of teams and participants in multiple athletic venues. In order to adequately address this increased demand, these positions should be made permanent and classified within the Hawaii Government Employees Association collective bargaining unit 13.

The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to hire fifteen permanent athletic health care trainer positions in the public schools that would be assigned, and hired upon criteria established, by the department of education.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, for fifteen permanent athletic health care trainer positions in public schools.

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.