STAND. COM. REP. NO.  412-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2597

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2597, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help ensure that students in all schools are taught by highly motivated, highly qualified teachers who are fairly compensated.  Specifically, this measure enhances the Teacher National Board Certification Incentive Program by making the additional $5,000 per year bonus for teachers who maintain current national board certification available to teachers who teach at a school in a focus, priority, or superintendent's zone.

 

     The Department of Education, IMUAlliance, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2597, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair