STAND. COM. REP. NO.  777-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2591

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2591, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the policies and operations of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) by implementing the recommendations made to the Legislature by the Legislative Reference Bureau, University of Hawaii, and HTSB, regarding HTSB.  Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Requires HTSB to include expenditure information in its annual report;

     (2)  Authorizes HTSB to delegate to its executive director or other designee certain powers and duties it deems reasonable and proper;

     (3)  Adds additional licensure renewal requirements and requires verification that a license holder meets the renewal requirements;

     (4)  Requires HTSB to review the implementation of revised license fee collections and determine whether fees should be raised;

     (5)  Requires HTSB to develop a comprehensive plan for transferring nonessential functions and duties to other agencies;

     (6)  Requires HTSB to review its teacher license renewal process; and

     (7)  Requires HTSB and the Department of Education to clarify their respective powers, duties, and responsibilities, and the relationship between the two agencies.

     HTSB 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 S.B. No. 2591, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair