STAND. COM. REP. NO.  891-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1971

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1971, H.D. 2, 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 receive sick leave, vacation, and leave-sharing benefits as well as additional support and incentives offered by the Department of Education, including hard-to-staff incentives, National Board certification incentives, special education teacher incentives, bonuses for completion of probation, and teacher licensing fees on the same basis as public school teachers and in accordance with collective bargaining supplemental agreements.

The State Public Charter School Commission and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Education and Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network provided comments on this measure.

     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. 1971, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair