THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	718
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that collective bargaining unit (5) includes public charter school teachers and other personnel employed by public charter schools under the same pay schedule in the State. However, section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which designates various bargaining units, does not explicitly include public charter school teachers and other personnel, creating confusion about the extent to which charter school teachers and personnel are included under the State's collective bargaining laws. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to clarify that teachers and other personnel of state public charter schools under the same pay schedule are part of collective bargaining unit (5) along with public school teachers and other personnel employed under the same pay schedule by the department of education.

SECTION 2. Section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) All employees throughout the State within any of the following categories shall constitute an appropriate bargaining unit:

(1) Nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions;

(2) Supervisory employees in blue collar positions;

(3) Nonsupervisory employees in white collar positions;

(4) Supervisory employees in white collar positions;

(5) Teachers and other personnel of the department of education and public charter schools under the same pay schedule, including part-time employees working less than twenty hours a week who are equal to one-half of a full-time equivalent;

(6) Educational officers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule;

(7) Faculty of the University of Hawaii and the community college system;

(8) Personnel of the University of Hawaii and the community college system, other than faculty;

(9) Registered professional nurses;

(10) Institutional, health, and correctional workers;

(11) Firefighters;

(12) Police officers;

(13) Professional and scientific employees, who cannot be included in any of the other bargaining units;

(14) State law enforcement officers; and

(15) State and county ocean safety and water safety officers."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Collective Bargaining Units; Hawaii State Teachers Association; State Public Charter Schools

Description:

Clarifies teachers and other personnel of state public charter schools are members of the same collective bargaining unit as their Department of Education counterparts.

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