STAND. COM. REP. NO.  440-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1674

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1674 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase access to higher education by extending eligibility to participate in state financial aid programs and exempting from the nonresident tuition and fee differential certain students without lawful immigration status who meet specified criteria.

 

     The Latin Chamber of Commerce; Hawaii Hispanic News; Catholic Charities Hawaii; American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii; Nursing Advocates and Mentors, Inc.; Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights; Filipino Coalition for Solidarity; Filipino American Citizens League; United Filipino Council of Hawaii; Oahu Filipino Community Council; Progressive States Network; The Interfaith Alliance Hawaii; Hawaii Coalition for Immigration Reform; and many concerned individuals supported this measure.  The University of Hawaii System supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Extending eligibility for university programs to those students who are exempt from the nonresident tuition and fee differential under this bill; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

 

     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. 1674, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1674, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair