HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1600
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the university of hawaii.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the colleges of arts and sciences of the University of Hawaii at Manoa teach fifty-five per cent of total student semester hours at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, enroll forty-two per cent of students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and employ forty-eight per cent of faculty at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  However, the colleges of arts and sciences receive only eighteen per cent of the combined tuition and general funds allocated to the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

     Fiscal cuts over multiple years have led to a substantial number of faculty positions remaining unfilled, seriously eroding the ability of instructional units to recruit, hire, and retain faculty of the highest caliber, maintain research and publication standards, and replace worn-out equipment.  Furthermore, these budgetary cuts have led to a long-term decline in faculty morale at the colleges of arts and sciences, which threatens to undermine the core mission of the University of Hawaii itself.

     Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to make an additional one-time appropriation of $7,500,000 to the colleges of arts and sciences of the University of Hawaii at Manoa to help address the fiscal challenges that the colleges have faced in recent years.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $7,500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 for the colleges of arts and sciences of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; provided that this sum shall be separate from any funding that the colleges of arts and sciences would ordinarily receive from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

University of Hawaii; Appropriation; Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Description:

Makes an additional one-time appropriation for the Colleges of Arts and Sciences of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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