STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1352

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 492

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 492, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate general funds for a personnel specialist and an educational specialist II position within the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, State Public Charter School Commission, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and five individuals.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the amount appropriated from an unspecified amount to $183,818; and

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to facilitate further discussion.

     Your Committee notes that funding for these two specialist II positions has also been included in the Senate's draft of the executive budget bill, House Bill No. 100, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, the General Appropriations Act.

     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 H.B. No. 492, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 492, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair