STAND. COM. REP. NO.  822-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2224

      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. 2224, H.D. 1, 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 provide additional resources to the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council to help the State and University of Hawaii meet strategic goals for greater access to and diversity in higher education by appropriating funds for four full-time equivalent positions for the system-wide Pamantasan Council, including instructional faculty, student personnel, and graduate assistantships.

The Pamantasan Council, Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights, Nursing Advocates and Mentors, Inc., Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training, Filipino American Citizens League, and many individuals provided testimony in support of the measure.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa 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. 2224, 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