STAND. COM. REP. NO. 547
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 3
H.D. 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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the governance of the University of Hawaii (UH) by proposing constitutional amendments to modify the appointment process of the UH Board of Regents (BOR). Specifically, these constitutional amendments would:
(1) Require the BOR to be selected from a pool of qualified candidates screened and proposed by a Candidate Advisory Council (Council);
(2) Require a certain number of BOR members to represent specific geographic areas;
(3) Allow current members of the BOR to continue to serve their terms of office until they are replaced by appointed members who have been screened and proposed by the Council.
The UH Professional Assembly testified in support of this bill. A concerned individual supported this measure with amendments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the number of BOR members required to represent specific geographic areas to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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