STAND. COM. REP. NO. 430
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1636
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1636 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish annual increment salary increases for teachers and creates a comprehensive evaluation process for teachers.
The Department of Education submitted testimony is support of the measure. The Department of Budget and Finance and Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in opposition.
Your Committees find that in order to successfully retain qualified and quality educators, the Department of Education should offer competitive incentives. Furthermore, to ensure a quality educational system, staff evaluation and teacher improvement is an essential element. This measure provides necessary programs to improve both teacher retention and recruitment, as well as the educational system as a whole.
Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended the measure to:
(1) Include language to require teachers to receive their normal annual increase except as provided by law;
(2) Provide a 3.14% annual increment for teachers who earn less than $50,000 and have completed a year's satisfactory service;
(3) Establish that teachers with an annual salary of $50,000 or more with positive evaluations shall automatically receive a 3.14% biannual increment; and
(4) Change the effective date to July 1, 2020.
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 S.B. No. 1636, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1636, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Labor,
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Chair |
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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