STAND. COM. REP. NO. 131-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2812
                                     H.D. 1



Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2812 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X,
     SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO PROVIDE THE
     UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WITH AUTONOMY IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO
     THE UNIVERSITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to propose a constitutional
amendment that would give the University of Hawaii (University)
autonomy in all matters relating to the University.

     The University and the Hawaii Business Roundtable supported
this bill.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported
the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee finds that it would be in the best interest
of the University to have the the autonomy afforded under the
provisions of this proposed constitutional amendment.  This bill
would give the University the ability to:

     (1)  Create policy and formulate its internal management
          without the constraints of statutory restrictions;

     (2)  Effect changes in a more timely and flexible manner;
          and

     (3)  Achieve academic excellence and serve as a force for
          economic development in the State of Hawaii.

 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 2812, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2812, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair