Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2072 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide the University of Hawaii (UH) with the same flexibility to manage the Center for Nursing Special Fund (Fund) in a manner consistent with other UH special funds by:

The Board of Nursing testified in support of this bill. UH School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (UH School) supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that allowing UH to administer the Special Fund will enable the UH School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene to better respond to nursing workforce shortage issues.

Based on the testimony of UH School, your Committee has amended this bill by reinserting language establishing the Special Fund in the State Treasury. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2072, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2072, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.