STAND. COM. REP. NO.  575-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2074

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2074, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Education (DOE) to establish alternative routes to certification for principals and vice principals that meet the criteria set by the United States Department of Education for state applications for Race to the Top fund allocations under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

     This bill also allows DOE, on a case-by-case basis, to waive certification requirements until the alternative routes to certification are established.

     DOE testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO provided comments.

     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. 2074, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair