STAND. COM. REP. NO. 357

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1275
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor and Environment and Education and
Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 1275 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to extend the civil service
exemption to less than half-time Department of Education
employees who supervise students during meal times, and
distribute, collect, and count meal tickets, and to change
"lunch" to "meal" to reflect that meal periods include breakfast.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Department of Education.

     Your Committees find that schools need a number of part-time
personnel to assist the school at different times during the day.
Given the varied meal schedules of public schools, it may not be
feasible to have a full-time person.  In addition, your
Committees find that turnover in these positions is very high and
flexibility in hiring is essential to make sure the positions are
filled on a timely basis.

     Your Committees are in support of this measure and have made
technical amendments to reflect current statutory language.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Labor and Environment and Education and Technology
that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord

 
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with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1275, as amended herein,
and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1275, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Labor and
                                   Environment and Education and
                                   Technology,



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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair                BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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