STAND. COM. REP. NO.  46

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 848

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 848 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the regulation of post-secondary education in Hawaii by clarifying that under the Post-secondary Education Authorization Program, an institution may request an administrative hearing pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, within 15 days of receipt of notification of denial or of intent to suspend or terminate any Chapter 305J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, authorization.

The Post-secondary Education Authorization Program of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported this measure.

     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. 848 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair