STAND. COM. REP. NO.  94

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 Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1540 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg 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.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 1540 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair