STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2757

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2652

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2652, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal the minimum hourly and per diem rates for substitute teachers and the requirement that wage adjustments for substitute teachers mirror the wage adjustments that are negotiated for public sector teachers through the collective bargaining process.

     Written comments opposing this measure were submitted by four individuals. Written comments were submitted by one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides the Board of Education with greater flexibility to determine wages and wage adjustments for substitute teachers.

     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. 2652, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair