STAND. COM. REP. NO. 322-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1894
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 Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1894 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Specifying that when a private institution of post-secondary education ceases to operate in the State, it must deposit with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs only those educational records that have been requested by the Department;
(2) Clarifying that when a private institution of post-secondary education ceases to operate in the State, the student transcripts permanently retained by the Department shall be in a form prescribed by the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; and
(3) Allowing any other records requested and obtained by the Department from a private institution of post-secondary education that has ceased to operate in the State, to be retained for the length of time of prescribed by the Director.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2525, to facilitate further discussion.
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. 1894, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1894, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair |
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