STAND. COM. REP. NO.  720

 

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 Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 77, H.D. 1, 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 as the Department of Education's teachers and personnel are included in collective bargaining unit (5).

 

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

 

     Your Committee finds that collective bargaining unit (5) includes public charter school teachers and other personnel employed by public charter schools under the same pay schedule as the Department of Education's teachers and personnel.  However, existing state law does not explicitly mention charter schools, creating confusion about the extent to which charter school teachers and other charter school personnel are included under the collective bargaining laws of the State.  This measure addresses the confusion by explicitly adding charter school teachers and other personnel employed by public charter schools under the same pay schedule by the Department of Education to the State's collective bargaining laws.

 

     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. 77, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair