STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1005-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 3125

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Higher Education and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3125, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to propose an amendment to the State Constitution to require potential members of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University of Hawaii (UH) to be identified and recruited for appointment by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate, by a Candidate Advisory Council (CAC), as provided by law.

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, UH Student Caucus, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Associated Students of UH-Manoa, and an individual supported this bill.

Your Committees have amended this bill by inserting the substantive provisions of S.B. No. 2716, which establishes the CAC in statute, and provides for the appointment and general duties of its members. Your Committee has further amended this bill by:

(1) Enabling current BOR members to remain in office upon ratification of the constitutional amendment until being replaced;

(2) Reducing the number of BOR members from 12 to 11;

(3) Requiring BOR members to represent geographic areas of the State;

(4) Requiring BOR members to serve staggered terms, with no more than three members appointed per year;

(5) Clarifying that the CAC shall screen and propose BOR members for appointment; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3125, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3125, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Judiciary,

____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair		____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Chair