STAND. COM. REP. NO.  957-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1613

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1613, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand access to higher education for the people of Hawaii by:

     (1)  Requiring the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to waive the community college tuition of Hawaii residents who meet certain criteria; and

     (2)  Implementing the community college tuition waiver through a pilot program in any county with a population of less than 100,000 beginning in the fall of 2017.

The University of Hawaii provided comments.

     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 H.B. No. 1613, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair