STAND. COM. REP. NO. 603

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 76

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 76, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Require that the Board of Education prioritize for the superintendent of education position, candidates that have the minimum qualification of ten years of employment in a department of education with at least five of those years serving in the capacity as a principal or higher; and

(2) Specify that a desired qualification for a candidate is having a working understanding of the State's tri-level system of educational administration.

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

Your Committee finds that Hawaii has a unique, statewide public education system. The state educational agency and local education agency are one and the same, and its leadership requires a unique perspective and experience. Hawaii is also the only state that provides all public school funding without any additional support from the counties. This measure will meaningfully raise and specify the qualifications for candidates for the superintendent of education position.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 76, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 76, S.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair