Bill Text: HI SB1283 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to the Certification of Principals and Vice-Principals

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB1283 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB1283-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 697

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1283

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1283 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the Department of Education's requirements for the certification of principals and vice-principals to accommodate alternate routes of certification that meet federal Race to the Top requirements.

 

Specifically, this measure allows the Department of Education to determine equivalent experience as a substitute for the requisite school-level experience for principals and vice-principals under current law.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Christine K. Sorensen, Dean, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Your Committee finds that the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides education funds for states that pursue educational reform and additional funds for states that qualify for Race to the Top funds by advancing educational reform, including alternative routes to certification for teachers and principals.  However, the current requirement that a principal or vice-principal in Hawaii possess a minimum amount of school-level experience is too restrictive and conflicts with the Race to the Top grant requirements.  This measure allows the Department of Education to determine appropriate equivalent experience for certifications of principals and vice-principals in accordance with Race to the Top requirements.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1283, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1283, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair