STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1891

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1614

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 1614, S.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 teacher quality, recruitment, and retention at Waianae complex schools by appropriating funds to implement a human resource management model pilot project for these schools, which consist of Waianae High School and its elementary and intermediate feeder schools.

     The Department of Education, Waianae High School, Makaha Elementary School, Waianae High School Community Council, and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion;

     (2)  Inserting a repeal date of July 1, 2023; and

     (3)  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. 1614, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1614, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair