STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1084

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1009

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1009, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to restore goodwill in the public education system and better serve Hawaii's public school students by appropriating funds to provide a settlement for three pending class action lawsuits between the substitute and part-time teachers and the Department of Education (DOE) for retroactive salary adjustments beginning from July 1, 1996.

     The Hawaii Carpenters Union, Local 745, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DOE and the Department of the Attorney General opposed this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 1009, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair