STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1331

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1614

      S.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 Education, 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, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Maili Elementary School, Waianae Elementary School, Leihoku Elementary School, Makaha Elementary School, Kamaile Elementary School, Waianae Intermediate School, Waianae High School, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     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 S.B. No. 1614, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair