STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2059

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2866

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2866 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN'S SALARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the cap on the State Librarian's salary from $120,000 per year to $200,000 per year.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

     Your committee finds that the current salary cap for the State Librarian is not consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position, and not in alignment with national salary norms.  Salaries of similar positions in other states with comparable budgets, population sizes, and number of employees are significantly greater than the salary cap of Hawaii's State Librarian.  The statute governing the State Librarian's salary cap has not been amended since 2001, and the salary cap should be revised as a matter of equity, to at least account for cost of living increases.

     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. 2866 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair