S.C.R. No. 105 Summary

• Requests the Department of Education and Hawaii Government Employees Association complete negotiations on incentives and sanctions for twelve-month principal performance contracts by the 2011-2012 school year

• Requires principals to work under performance contracts with measurable objectives including student assessments, attendance rates, and discipline rates

• Mandates the Department of Education submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2011 Regular Session detailing implementation status, school participation numbers, student performance improvements, incentives awarded, and sanctions imposed

• Builds on a 2005 Board of Education recommendation to implement principal performance contracting and a pilot program conducted in selected central district schools