STAND. COM. REP. NO. 836

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 165

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 165, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIA WORKERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that public school cafeteria workers employed after July 1, 2009, will be compensated for a school-year period and compensation will be prorated over a calendar-year period.

     Furthermore, this measure clarifies that cafeteria workers employed prior to July 1, 2009, will continue to receive compensation over a calendar-year period.

     Your Committee finds that public schools cafeteria workers are currently employed for a twelve-month period, whereas cafeteria managers are employed for a ten-month period, and school meals are only provided over a ten-month period.

     Your Committee recognizes that the Department of Education needs to be given administrative flexibility in developing the appropriate position and compensation structure for cafeteria workers.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Deleting the clarifying provisions;

(2)  Deleting the reference to twelve-months; and

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2090, to facilitate continued discussion of this matter.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 165, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 165, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair