STAND. COM. REP. NO.  122

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 177

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 177 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAUSES FOR DISCHARGE OR DEMOTION OF TEACHERS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the reference to demotion as an action that can be taken against a Department of Education (DOE) teacher, as DOE has no classification structure that would allow for demotion.

     DOE testified in support of this bill.

     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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 177 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair