STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1146-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 3197
S.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 3197, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Increase the minimum hourly or minimum per diem pay rate for substitute teachers; and
(2) Appropriate funds to resolve current litigation between the Department of Education (DOE) and substitute teachers regarding underpayment for past services.
The Hawaii State Teachers Association and Hawaii Carpenters Union, Local 745, testified in support of this bill. The attorney representing substitute teachers in Garner v. Department of Education and Kliternick v. Hamamoto testified in support of this measure with amendments. DOE supported the intent of this bill.
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 S.B. No. 3197, S.D. 2, 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 |
____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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