STAND. COM. REP. NO.  874

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1540

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. 1540 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure that public school teachers are sufficiently qualified by making permanent statutory provisions that:

     (1)  Require unlicensed teachers hired on an emergency basis prior to July 1, 2008, to become licensed within four years of the date of employment; and

     (2)  Limit the maximum employment period for teachers hired on an emergency basis on or after July 1, 2008, to three years.

     The Department of Education supported this bill.

     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. 1540 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