STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1187-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 3120
S.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 3120, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to encourage Hawaii residents to pursue post-secondary school education. Specifically, this bill, among other things:
(1) Establishes a Workforce Development Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii (UH), to provide scholarships for Hawaii residents enrolled at a community college campus of UH and who are eligible for need-based federal financial aid; and
(2) Appropriates additional funds to be deposited into the Student Scholarship and Assistance Special Fund for B Plus scholarships.
UH testified in support of this bill.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3120, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ KIRK CALDWELL, Chair |
____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Chair |
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