STAND. COM. REP. NO.  228

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1508

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1508 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SALARIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to acknowledge the critical work done by the Superintendent of Education (Superintendent) in leading Hawaii's public school system by raising the cap on the Superintendent's yearly salary from $150,000 to $200,000.

     The Board of Education testified in support 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 H.B. No. 1508 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,

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair