Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2429 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the University of Hawaii Student Caucus.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the University of Hawaii and University of Hawaii Student Caucus.

Your Committee finds that the University of Hawaii Student Caucus is established in Board of Regents policy "to advocate collectively and democratically for the interests and needs of all students throughout the university and not the interests of any particular group or category of students. The association shall be composed of representatives from existing and future member campus student governments and may remain in existence provided it continues to fulfill the purpose of such a system-wide association as stipulated in the Board's policy."

Your Committee further finds that, currently, the caucus is given an annual operating budget of $67,000 from the Office of the President yearly which pays for one delegate from each campus student government to meet according to the Board of Regents' schedule. A second delegate is paid for by each individual campus student government. The appropriation in this measure is not intended to be duplicative of the annual operating budget of $67,000 but to enhance system-wide representation of additional student delegates.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2429 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.