STAND. COM. REP. NO.  298

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1091

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1091 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the Board of Education with greater flexibility and discretion in recruiting and retaining qualified individuals for the State Librarian position by removing the statutory salary cap of $120,000 per year and instead authorizing the Board to set the salary of the State Librarian, as long as the salary of the State Librarian does not exceed that of the Superintendent of Education.

The Board of Education and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2051; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 1091, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1091, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair