STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2079

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 278
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred S.B. No. 278 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this short form measure it to amend section
307-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to change the composition of the
board of directors of The Research Corporation of the University
of Hawaii.

     Your Committee amended this measure by adding provisions to
replace the five members of the Board of Regents of the
University of Hawaii, who are on the board of directors of The
Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii, with two
members of the board of regents of the University of Hawaii, a
vice president or dean for another member, and one faculty member
for the period from July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001.  Provisions
were also added so that as of July 1, 2001, members of the board
of directors of the Research Corporation of the University of
Hawaii shall include, for four year terms, the following:  vice
presidents or deans as two members and faculty as two members.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the action to report out
S.B. No. 278, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 278,

 
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S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Education and
Technology for further consideration.

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



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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