STAND. COM. REP. NO. 696-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2524
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2524, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER INCENTIVES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Mandating that incentive bonuses and other compensation required by law or collective bargaining beyond regular wages shall not be paid from the charter school's facilities funding or per-pupil funds; and
(2) Appropriating funds to pay for teacher bonuses for hard-to-fill placement incentives and Teacher National Board Certification Incentive Program bonuses for public charter school teachers.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the State Public Charter School Commission, the Hawaii Public Charter School Network, Aha Punana Leo, Kamehameha Schools, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and four individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance testified in opposition. Kanu O Ka Aina New Century Public Charter School provided comments.
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. 2524, H.D. 1, 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 |
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