STAND. COM. REP. NO. 69-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1650

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1650 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Board of Education to invite:

(1) The exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the Board; and

(2) The exclusive representative for bargaining unit (6) to appoint a nonvoting public school administrator to the Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association and Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi Education Caucus. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Board of Education.

Your Committee finds that the Board of Education currently consists of nine voting members, none of whom are required to be a public school teacher or public school administrator. Your Committee further finds that the appointment of a public school teacher and public school administrator as nonvoting members to the Board will provide the Board with firsthand experience and expertise on the educational and professional climate in Hawaii's public schools, impact of education policies on teacher recruitment and retention, and resources needed to deliver a quality learning experience for all of the State's children.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000.

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. 1650, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1650, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair