STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3477

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 12

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 12, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO AFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE TENETS OF TITLE IX AND THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT 2013 AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S DEDICATION TO ENDING ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON HAWAII CAMPUSES THROUGH A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF TITLE IX AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT 2013 POLICIES, PROCEDURES, STAFFING, AND STATISTICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the University of Hawaii to report on the status of its Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 (Title IX) and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA) policies, procedures, staffing, and statistics.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System, Community Alliance on Prisons, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, and Hawaii Women's Coalition.

     Your Committee finds that this measure seeks to ensure that the University of Hawaii System is fully committed to following the tenets of Title IX and VAWA and increasing resources and strengthening the institutional infrastructure at all its campuses to more effectively address and prevent sexual violence and other forms of gender violence and discrimination.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending its title to read:  "REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO AFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE TENETS OF TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 1972 AND THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT 2013 AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S DEDICATION TO ENDING ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON HAWAII CAMPUSES THROUGH A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 1972 AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT 2013 POLICIES, PROCEDURES, STAFFING, AND STATISTICS.";

     (2)  Adding each Chancellor on the Council of Chancellors of the University of Hawaii System to the list of individuals requested to receive a certified copy of this measure; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 12, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 12, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair