STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1484

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1382

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1382, S.D. 2, 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 establish the Federal Higher Education Compliance and Educational Personnel Licensure and Certification Task Force to make recommendations regarding:

     (1)  The State's compliance with pertinent federal laws to ensure that state post-secondary educational programs qualify for federal student loan programs and other federal funding; and

     (2)  Whether the licensing or authorization of educational institutions and their administrators and instructors should be consolidated and tasked to a single state agency.

     The University of Hawaii and Department of Education testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1382, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair