Report Title:

Educational Officers; Terms of Service; Salary Schedule

Description:

Establishes that salary schedules of principals and vice-principals of public high schools and K-12 schools shall be based on a twelve-month term of service and those of elementary schools shall be based on a ten-month term of service; all other educational officer salary schedules shall be based on a ten-month term of service; provides retention bonus and provides that this Act shall not impair contracts existing prior to its enactment in violation of Hawaii Constitution and United States Constitution. Appropriates funds for the additional two months salary for educational officers whose salary schedule shall be converted to a twelve-month term of service. (SD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

24

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to education.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 302A-625, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-625 Educational officers' salary schedules. (a) The salary schedule for all educational officers of the department shall be negotiated pursuant to section 89-9[.]; provided that:

(1) The salary schedules of principals and vice-principals of public elementary schools shall be based on a ten-month term of service;

(2) The salary schedules of principals and vice-principals of public high schools and schools comprised of kindergarten to grade twelve shall be based on a twelve-month term of service; and

(3) The salary schedules of all other educational officers shall be based on a twelve-month term of service.

(b) In addition to the salary increases and incentives provided under sections 302A-626, 302A-701, and 302A-703, principals and vice-principals who commit to and complete five consecutive years of service shall be paid a retention bonus in an amount set by the board."

SECTION 2. This Act shall not be applied so as to impair any contract existing as of the effective date of this Act in a manner violative of either the Hawaii Constitution or Article I, section 10, of the United States Constitution.

SECTION 3. 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, for the additional two months salary for educational officers who are presently ten-month employees and whose salary schedule shall be converted to a twelve-month term of service.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 3 shall take effect on July 1, 2003.