STAND. COM. REP. NO. 415

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 624

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 624 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to specify that no more than ten percent of the monies deposited in the University of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund shall be expended on administrative costs of the University and that at least ninety percent of the monies shall be expended on student education programs.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that the majority of tuition and fees collected by the University of Hawaii should benefit the students at their individual campuses.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the requirement that no more than ten percent of the monies deposited in the University of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund be expended on administrative costs and at least ninety percent of the monies be expended on student education programs, and making conforming amendments; and

     (2)  Inserting language prohibiting the expenditure of monies in the University of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund on administrative salaries at the University.

     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 S.B. No. 624, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 624, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair