STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. 33

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 334

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 334 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Require all principals and vice-principals employed after June 30, 2003 to be 12-month employees;

(2) Allow principals and vice-principals employed as 10-month employees to convert to 12-month employees by 12/30/03; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the conversion process.

The Hawaii State Parent, Teacher, Student Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Education and Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that it is common for many dedicated 10-month principals and vice-principals to work on weekends and during breaks and the summer months, resulting in the same workload as 12-month employees without comparable compensation. This bill will remedy that inequality by converting new principals and vice-principals to 12-month employees and allowing current principals and vice-principals to convert to 12-month employees.

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. 334 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Employment.

 

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

 

		____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair