STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1635-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 3093

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3093, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo to establish staff positions within the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center and otherwise support academic and career planning programs according to its memorandum of understanding with the Revealing Individual Strengths for Excellence (RISE) 21^st Century After School Program.

The Keaukaha Community Association, RISE 21^st Century After School Program, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The University of Hawaii at Hilo and ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an unspecified number for the youth program specialist and experience director positions funded by the appropriation.

     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. 3093, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3093, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair