STAND. COM. REP. NO.918

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 523

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 523, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Remove the statutory cap on the deputy superintendent's salary; and

(2) Allow the Board of Education (BOE) to set the salary of the deputy superintendent.

BOE submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this measure will provide BOE with flexibility in setting the salary of the deputy superintendent. BOE already has the authority to set the salaries of other Department of Education officials, and this bill will ensure that the deputy superintendent can be equitably compensated.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by providing that, effective July 1, 2001, the salary of the deputy district superintendent shall not be less $72,000 nor more than $115,000 a year.

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 S.B. No. 523, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 523, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair