STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2866
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 640
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 640, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to improve the educational system in Hawaii.
Specifically, this measure establishes a salary commission to recommend salaries for members of the Board of Education and prescribes the operation of the commission. This measure deletes the per diem paid to board members but adds a protocol allowance to cover board members' expenses incurred in the course of a member's duties and responsibilities. The measure, upon its approval, takes effect upon the ratification of a constitutional amendment that makes the Department of Education a political subdivision headed by the Board of Education.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding a new section 3 making a conforming amendment to the education law to appropriately require board members to serve on a full-time basis, and re-numbering the remaining sections of the bill accordingly;
(2) Clarifying that the salary commission terminates on July 1, 2008, and on June 30 every four years thereafter in which it submits recommendations to the Legislature;
(3) Making the Act take effect on July 1, 2095 and upon the ratification of a constitutional amendment that makes the Department of Education a political subdivision headed by the Board of Education; and
(4) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 640, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 640, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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