STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2960

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3207

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3207, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education to not more than $300,000 and makes permanent the annual performance evaluation requirements for the Superintendent.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Board of Education.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that the salary of the Superintendent of Education is set by the Board of Education, subject to a salary cap. Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, amended provisions relating to the Superintendent's salary to subject the Superintendent to an annual performance evaluation by the Board of Education. Your Committee believes that the Board of Education is in the best position to determine the salary of the Superintendent of Education based upon an annual performance evaluation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by removing the salary cap for the Superintendent of Education.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3207, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3207, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair