STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 742-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1906

H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1906, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support students who serve our state and nation by requiring the University of Hawaii (UH) to refund semester tuition in full to:

(1) A member of the Hawaii National Guard or United States military reserves who is ordered to active duty and unable to attend school for more than 60 days during the semester because of the member's military or National Guard service; and

(2) A full-time member of the United States military on active duty who is unable to attend school for more than 60 days during the semester because of the member's military service.

The state Department of Defense and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. UH opposed the measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying that a tuition refund for an eligible student is only available upon request by the student.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1906, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1906, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair