STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 267

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the current structure of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University of Hawaii by:

(1) Reducing the number of BOR members;

(2) Requiring the BOR to include a student member;

(3) Establishing guidelines on the geographic locations to be represented; and

(4) Establishing staggered terms for BOR members.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of the bill's intent.

Your Committee finds that the BOR should be a representative composite of the entire state, maintain its institutional memory and continuity by limiting the number of new members per year, and reduce the number of members from 12 to 11, to provide for a clear majority in the decision-making process.

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 H.B. No. 2 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

		____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair