Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1862, H.D. 2, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Education to employ retired licensed teachers to teach full-time in teacher shortage areas and serve as mentors for new classroom teachers.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor. Comments in support of the intent of this measure were received from the Department of Education and the Hawaii Government Employees Association. Comments were received from the State of Hawaii Employees' Retirement System and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committees find that several testifying agencies prefer the provisions of Senate Bill No. 2705 with regard to the employer contribution of 13.75 percent of a retiree's salary to the Employees' Retirement System, and the inclusion of administrators.

Your Committees have amended this measure by editing and replacing its provisions with those of Senate Bill No. 2705.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1862, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1862, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.