STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1248-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 14

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 14, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REHIRING RETIRED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the shortage of school administrators currently facing the Department of Education (DOE) by allowing DOE to hire qualified retired principals and vice principals to fill vacant principal and vice principal positions in DOE-identified shortage areas, without penalty to retirement benefits.

DOE and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee notes HGEA's concern that it is not necessary to advertise vacant positions when there are no applicants.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2008, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 14, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 14, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

 

		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair