STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1586
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 873
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 873, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the State's early education programs by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Education (DOE) to staff junior kindergartens with qualified preschool teachers and preschool teacher aides, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year; and
(2) Requiring the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to develop standards for teachers and teacher aides assigned to junior kindergarten classrooms.
The Hawaii State Teachers Association supported the intent of this measure. DOE and Good Beginnings Alliance opposed this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 873, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 873, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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