STAND. COM. REP. N4-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1865

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1865 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the operations of the Department of Education (DOE) by creating the following positions:

(1) A deputy superintendent of education to perform the duties of a chief operating officer;

(2) An assistant superintendent to perform the functions of a chief financial officer;

(3) An executive for external affairs; and

(4) Secretaries to assist them.

The DOE, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and Hawaii Business Roundtable testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1865 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment,

 

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KIRK CALDWELL, Chair

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair