SB2205

Report Title:

Teacher and Educational Officers; Compensation

 

Description:

Makes an appropriation for teachers and educational officers with master and doctoral degrees.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2205
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

 

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

SECTION 1. Educational officers play pivotal leadership roles in school improvement efforts, either directly as school administrators or as district or state educational officers providing support services to ensure the attainment of the department’s mission to help schools provide for the best possible educational development of students. To effectively fulfill their responsibilities, educational officers must reflect upon their own performance and pursue professional academic activities to strengthen their effectiveness as leaders.

Therefore, they are encouraged to pursue advanced degrees in areas of study related to education, their assigned responsibilities, or both. To recognize educational officers whose initiative results in their attainment of advanced

degrees for self-improvement, the department of education should provide additional compensation.

The purpose of this Act is to make an appropriation to the department of education to provide additional compensation to teachers and education officers who have graduate degrees.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003, for providing additional compensation to recognize persons holding an advanced degree of a master or doctoral, in a field related to teaching, public education, or responsibilities of an educational officer.

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2002.

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