STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1436

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 70
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.R. No. 70 entitled:

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO
     REVIEW ITS TUITION WAIVERS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR
     APPLICABILITY TO ITS STRATEGIC PLAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the University
of Hawaii to review its tuition waivers with respect to the
applicability of those waivers to the university's strategic
plan.

     Your Committee finds that recent legislative and
administrative reforms have significantly altered the funding
structure of the university and its tuition waiver programs.
Formerly, several specific tuition waivers were once mandated by
statute, and tuition revenues were deposited into the state
general fund.  Now, all waivers are discretionary with the Board
of Regents, and tuition revenues are deposited into a special
fund for the university.

     Your Committee thus finds that the fiscal autonomy granted
to the university has produced uncertainty with respect to the
future role of tuition waivers under the university's strategic
plan.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 70
and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair

 
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