STAND. COM. REP. NO. 195

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 77

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 Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 77 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that public charter school teachers and other personnel employed by public charter schools who are under the same pay schedule are included in collective bargaining unit (5).

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Teachers Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Collective Bargaining of the Executive Office of the Governor; and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

Your Committee finds that, despite the mandate of section 89-10.55, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), the question of the appropriate bargaining unit for public charter school teachers appears to remain the subject of debate. The omission of the applicable bargaining unit for public charter school teachers from section 89-6, HRS, has created confusion about the extent to which public charter school teachers and other personnel are included under the bargaining unit (5) designation. This measure addresses that question by explicitly adding them to section 89-6, HRS.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

Your Committee acknowledges that this measure may not be needed if the Hawaii State Teachers Association and Department of the Attorney General are able to reach agreement on the appropriate collective bargaining unit designation for public charter school teachers and other personnel employed by public charter schools who are under the same pay schedule.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 77, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 77, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Government Operations,

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SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair