STAND. COM. REP. NO.  924

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 1346

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1346 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to align the Department of Education's (Department) probationary requirements for incoming teachers by amending the probationary period required of licensed charter school teachers, who are not tenured in the Department, upon entering or returning to the Department.

The Department and two concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The State Public Charter School Commission submitted comments on this measure.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that tenured Department licensed teachers, who transfer to charter schools, shall be subject to the appropriate collective bargaining agreement;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 1346, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1346, 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