Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1392 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Education to establish a Hawaii administrator standards task force to identify qualification standards for principals and vice-principals.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, and Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committee finds that there is a growing need to review, reflect, and refocus efforts in recruiting and retaining the brightest and best administrators for the Department of Education. Employing quality administrators benefits students in many ways and enhances educational systems. This measure provides the assistance needed to review the standards for administrators.

Your Committee has amended this measure to clarify the composition of the task force by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1392, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1392, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.