Report Title:

Principals; 12-month Employees

Description:

Requires all principals and vice-principals employed after 6/30/03 to be 12-month employees. Allows principals and vice-principals employed as 10-month employees to convert to 12-month employees by 12/30/03. Appropriates funds.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

334

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to principals and vice-principals.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302A-605, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-605 Principals and vice-principals. (a) Principals shall meet the department's certification requirements and shall have not less than five years of appropriate school-level experience of which at least three years shall have been as a teacher.

(b) Vice-principals shall meet the department's certification requirements and shall have appropriate school-level experience as determined by the department.

(c) On a case-by-case basis, the department may waive the certification requirements and school-level experience for vice-principal candidates with appropriate administrative experience. The department shall establish criteria and reasons for waivers pursuant to chapter 91.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law or collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, all principals and vice-principals employed after June 30, 2003, shall be twelve-month employees. Any principal or vice-principal employed as a ten-month employee may elect to convert to a twelve-month employee no later than December 30, 2003; provided that any decision to convert to a twelve-month employee shall be final."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004-2005, to provide for the salaries of principals and vice-principals employed as twelve-month employees.

SECTION 3. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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