STAND. COM. REP. NO. 218-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2049

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2049 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the Board of Education to invite the exclusive representative for Bargaining Unit (5) to appoint a public school teacher to serve as a nonvoting representative to the Board of Education.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association and IMUAlliance testified in support of this measure. The League of Women Voters of Hawaii opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050; 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. 2049, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2049, 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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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair