STAND. COM. REP. NO.  921-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2792

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2792, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure fair payment for substitute teachers by:

(1)  Requiring the Board of Education (BOE) to provide wage adjustments for substitute teachers comparable to the wage adjustments negotiated for teachers in collective bargaining unit 5; and

(2)  Allowing BOE to adjust the hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for substitute teachers.

     The Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General, Hawaii Carpenters Union, Local 745, and Alston, Hunt, Floyd, and Ing submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Replacing the $2,000,000 appropriation with an unspecified amount;

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

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 H.B. No. 2792, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2792, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair