STAND. COM. REP. NO.  756

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1056

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1056 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 help satisfy federal Race to the Top requirements by permitting the Department of Education (DOE) to determine alternative routes to certification for principals and vice-principals.

     DOE and the Imua Alliance supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1056, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1056, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair