STAND. COM. REP. NO.  87

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1349

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1349 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER TENURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to align the probationary requirements that are applicable to non-tenured licensed charter school teachers entering or returning to the Department of Education, with the probationary requirements that are applicable to all licensed Department of Education teachers.  As such, the probation period shall be determined pursuant to policies and practices established by the Department, the Board of Education, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.  

The Department of Education, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network, and Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this measure.  The State Public Charter School Commission provided comments on 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. 1349 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Education.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair