STAND. COM. REP. NO.  33-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1971

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1971 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow administrative, support, and instructional employees in charter schools to fully participate in the State's systems for certain employee benefits and additional supports and incentives offered by the Department of Education.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Education, State Public Charter School Commission, Kualapuu School, Waimea Middle School, Hookakoo Corporation, and Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an unspecified appropriation to the Department of Education to fund the provision of the additional benefits, supports, and incentives offered to charter school employees;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2014; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1971, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1971, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair