STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2313
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2806
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2806 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education from $150,000 to $250,000 a year.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Education, Kaneohe Ranch, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and Hui for Excellence in Education. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.
Your Committee finds that the salary of the Superintendent of Education has not been adjusted since 2001. The Superintendent of Education's current salary is well below national norms. In addition, at least four public school principals under the Superintendent of Education currently make as much, or more, than the Superintendent. This measure adjusts the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education based upon a comprehensive review of similar positions and responsibilities for superintendents in comparable school districts in the United States.
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. 2806 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair |
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