RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.
Summary
Appropriates funds for teacher compensation as negotiated and executed in a memorandum of understanding between the superintendent of education and the exclusive representative of collective bargaining unit (5) for an experimental modernization project to address compensation equity issues and make discretionary salary adjustments; additional teacher pay for special education, hard-to-staff geographic locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs; or some combination. Appropriates funds for classroom teacher shortage differentials for charter schools and fringe benefit costs for teacher compensation. Effective January 1, 2050. (HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Last action May 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
13
Committee
17
May 11, 2020
Committee
Reported from LAB/LHE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1135-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Quinlan, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Morikawa, Ohno, Tarnas, Tokioka, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Quinlan, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Referred to LAB/LHE, FIN, referral sheet 36
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 256) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) K. Rhoads). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella.
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee on WAM will reconsider its previous decision on 02-19-20 and will hold a public decision making on 02-27-20 10:25AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee on WAM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 02-25-20 12:45PM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee on WAM will reconsider its previous decision on 02-19-20 and will hold a public decision making on 02-25-20 12:45PM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, K. Kahele.
upper
Feb 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-20 10:00AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2669) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz.
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee on EDU will reconsider its previous decision on 02-05-20 and will hold a public decision making on 02-10-20 2:50PM in conference room 229.
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Dela Cruz.
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-20 2:45PM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BT
Brian T. Taniguchi
DDemocratic
P
CK
Clarence K. Nishihara
DDemocratic
P
Lorraine R. Inouye
DDemocratic
P
Maile Shimabukuro
DDemocratic
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