STAND. COM. REP. NO. 519

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 501

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Education and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 501 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TEACHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify membership requirements of the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee.

     Specifically, this measure provides that the Coordinating Committee include a representative from each accredited Hawaii state-approved teacher education unit and clarifies that the Superintendent of Education and the Dean of the College of Education may each appoint additional members to the Coordinating Committee, as needed.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education.  Written testimony presented to your Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that this measure will allow the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee to broaden its membership, and will not require the replacement of any current members.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Education and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 501 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Education and Housing,

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair

____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair