STAND. COM. REP. NO.  180-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2639

      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 Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2639 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the University of Hawaii college-credit equivalency program to:

     (1)  Award credits for service in the United States armed forces; and

     (2)  Develop a learning assessment to determine the college-level learning gained during service in the United States armed forces.

The Department of Defense State Liaison Office, Oahu Veterans Council, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, for the purposes of facilitating further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2639, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2639, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair