STAND. COM. REP. NO.  846-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2257

      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. 2257, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the State to recruit and retain competent educational leadership by:

     (1)  Increasing the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education (Superintendent); and

     (2)  Authorizing the Board of Education to consider the option of withholding or altering the benefits package of the Superintendent in exchange for a salary that exceeds the salary level of civil service employees who receive benefits under Chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and requiring the Board to report to the Legislature each instance in which it adjusts the Superintendent's salary.

The Board of Education, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Hui for Excellence in Education, Kaneohe Ranch, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and

     (2)  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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2257, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2257, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair