STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1625-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2887
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2887, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to develop criteria allowing more individuals with trade or industry experience to teach in a vocational, technical, or career pathway education program by:
(1) Authorizing the Superintendent of Education to issue teaching permits to highly-qualified individuals with pertinent trade or industry experience;
(2) Requiring the Department of Education (DOE) to be responsible for review and acceptance of industry licenses, certificates, experiences, or other qualifications deemed necessary to receive a teaching permit; and
(3) Authorizing the waiver of a bachelor's degree to teach in a vocational, technical, or career pathway education program.
The Department of Industrial Relation's Workforce Development Council, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, University of Hawaii, and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this bill. DOE and Pacific Research Partnership supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2887, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2887, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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