STAND. COM. REP. NO. 124
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 183
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 183 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support the operations of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) by:
(1) Allowing HTSB to determine the manner by which licensing fees are collected;
(2) Returning to HTSB the power to adopt, amend, repeal, or suspend its policies and standards;
(3) Making permanent HTSB's authority to temporarily suspend its rules in extenuating circumstances; and
(4) Making permanent HTSB's authority to amend licensing-related fees and set or amend other charges related to the performance of HTSB's duties.
HTSB testified in support of this bill. A concerned individual offered comments.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 183 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Labor & Public Employment,
____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
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