STAND. COM. REP. NO.  245

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1079

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1079 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create a framework for authorizing post-secondary degree-granting educational institutions that have applied for accreditation with an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.

     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. 1079, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1079, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair