STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2645

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2867

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2867 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal an obsolete statutory provision that provides teachers and educational officers with annual increments or other longevity step increases.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Education, and Office of Collective Bargaining.

     Your Committee finds that salary and step increases are negotiated with teachers and educational officers pursuant to section 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Therefore, older statutory provisions relating to annual increments and step increases are now obsolete and unnecessary, and the provisions should be repealed to avoid potential confusion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2867 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair