STAND. COM. REP. NO.  45

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 24

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 24 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide greater incentives for teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to work at schools that are restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act by giving such teachers an additional $5,000 bonus per year.

     The University of Hawaii and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 24 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair