STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1106

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 605

      S.D. 2

      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 Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 605, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to more effectively organize the Department of Education (DOE) to increase efficiency and accountability by:

     (1)  Restructuring DOE into two major divisions, to include the academic achievement division and the administrative division; and

     (2)  Establishing two senior deputy superintendent positions to head each division created by this bill.

     DOE supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing references to the deputy superintendent to more clearly reflect the roles of the two senior deputy superintendents;

     (2)  Changing the salary cap for the senior deputy superintendents, assistant superintendents, and complex area superintendents to 90 percent, rather than 80 percent of the superintendent's salary; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 605, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 605, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair