STAND. COM. REP. NO.  426-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1953

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1953 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 help make higher education more accessible to students by appropriating an unspecified sum to the University of Hawaii to fund student employees at new or expanded worksites at each campus of the University of Hawaii.

Several concerned individuals supported the bill.  The University of Hawaii supported the intent of the bill.

     Your Committee recognizes that fiscal determinations are within the purview of your Committee on Finance.  Therefore, your Committee respectfully requests that, if your Committee on Finance chooses to advance this bill, an appropriation of $100,000 be inserted.

     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. 1953 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair