STAND. COM. REP. NO. 123

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 846

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 846 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enact the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact to reduce the barriers to teacher license portability and employment.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education and Hawaii Association for Justice.

Your Committee recognizes that there is a shortage of teachers for certain subject areas and in rural or remote geographic areas, leading to the need for the hiring of individuals who are not certified to teach in the State. Your Committee further finds that the compact that would be established by this measure may allow more licensed out-of-state teachers to be quickly considered for hiring in these areas.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission are not protected from suit or liability for any negligent act caused by their intentional, willful, or wanton misconduct;

(2) Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 846, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 846, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Labor & Government Operations.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair