STAND. COM. REP. NO.  271

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 462

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 462 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN'S SALARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the Board of Education with more flexibility to establish the salary of the State Librarian by raising the salary cap on the State Librarian position from $120,000 to $200,000 per year.

The Board of Education and Hawaii State Public Library System testified in support of this measure.

     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. 462 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair