STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2081

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 56

      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 Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 56, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII EDUCATIONAL POLICY CENTER TO REPORT ON THE RETENTION AND CHANGE IN ASSIGNMENT OF TEACHERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to seek resolution to the teacher shortage problem in Hawaii by requesting the Department of Education to report on the retention and change in assignment of teachers within the Department of Education, with the intent to include conversion charter school teachers.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii State Teachers Association and an individual.  The Department of Education and the Hawaii Educational Policy Center provided testimony supporting the intent of the resolution.

     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 concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 56, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair