CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 97

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    S.B. No. 606

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to provide funds for the University of Hawaii to pay student employee salaries at new or expanded worksites on each campus and for full-time equivalent support staff for the Vice Chancellor for Students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the hiring of students at the various campuses within the University of Hawaii System is beneficial to the University and the students.  Students who work on campus tend to perform better academically than those who work off-campus. 

Your Committee on Conference further finds that many students depend on part-time work while enrolled in school.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa spends approximately $22,000,000 to hire and employ students, yet more than 2,500 students could not find an on-campus job during the most recently completed semester.  This measure will increase student employment throughout the University of Hawaii System, improve the financial status of students, and improve students' academic performance.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $500,000 for fiscal year 2013-2014;

     (2)  Removing the unspecified appropriation for fiscal year 2014-2015;

     (3)  Removing authorization for the Vice Chancellor for Students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to hire an unspecified number of full-time equivalent (FTE) support staff;

     (4)  Authorizing, rather than mandating, that funding priority be given to students employed for university programs supporting access, retention, and diversity over other student employees;

     (5)  Making this measure effective on July 1, 2013; and

     (6)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ISAAC W. CHOY, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair