CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE REP. NO. 157-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: S.B. No. 2257
S.D. 3
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to consider qualified individuals with at least an associate's degree or high school diploma with comparable education and coursework, industry experience, and content expertise to teach career and technical education courses.
Your Committee on Conference finds that career and technical education offers students experiential learning opportunities to prepare them for higher education and future careers. This measure provides opportunities for experienced industry professionals to become instructors to teach career and technical education courses to help fill critical teacher vacancies while ensuring that instructors possess the same or a higher level of knowledge as currently qualified teachers.
Your Committee on Conference has amended
this measure by inserting an effective of July 1, 2024.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair |
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____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair |
____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Co-Chair |
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