Bill Text: HI SB808 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Board of Education; Salaries

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB808 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB808-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 297

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 808

       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 Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 808 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SALARIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide the Board of Education with flexibility to establish the compensation of the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, Complex Area Superintendents, and the State Librarian by authorizing it to grant annual performance bonuses to individuals in these state leadership positions.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

 

     Your Committee finds that existing statutory caps on the salaries of the Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, and Complex Area Superintendents create a challenge in recruiting for and filling these positions.  Removing salary caps on these positions will make the positions more competitive and will enhance the ability of the State to recruit the most qualified and experienced individuals.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Reinstating the $150,000 cap on the Superintendent's salary;

 

     (2)  Removing authorization for the Board of Education to grant annual performance bonuses for the Superintendent and State Librarian; and

 

     (3)  Capping the salaries of the Deputy Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendents, and the Complex Area Superintendents at the salary of the Superintendent.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 808, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 808, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

 

		____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair