CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 151

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 24

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 24, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to provide greater incentives for teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to work in certain positions, such as at a school that is in restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act, at a school with a high turnover rate, or in a hard-to-fill position, by giving these teachers an additional bonus per year.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of the bonus to $5,000 each year;

     (2)  Removing the provision that the additional bonus will be provided to not more than 50 teachers per year, based upon performance criteria established by the Superintendent of Education;

     (3)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to $500,000;

     (4)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007; and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 24, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 24, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair	____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair	____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair
	____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair