THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1057

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to teachers.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 302A-627, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any teacher with more than one year of teaching experience, and so accredited by the department, entering or reentering the service of the department shall have the teacher's salary rating determined by the personnel executive of the department[, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, so] provided that any teacher entering the department shall enter into the upper-most teacher salary class for which the teacher has the necessary degree or degree and credits, and that any teacher reentering the department shall reenter at the class and step from which the teacher departed or its equivalent, to ensure that the salary rating shall be equal to the salary ratings held by incumbent teachers in the department with similar credentials and the identical number of years of experience."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Department of Education; Teacher Salary

 

Description:

Requires the department of education personnel executive to assign the salary class for teachers new to the department with at least one year of experience, in the upper-most teacher salary classification for which the teacher has the necessary degree or degree and credits.  Requires any teacher reentering the department to be assigned to the class and step from which the teacher departed or its equivalent.

 

 

 

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