STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1006

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 190

      H.D. 3

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 190, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVATE FLIGHT SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable qualifying students of private flight schools to participate in federal student loan programs.

Mauna Loa Helicopters testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that the Department of Education rather than the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs shall exercise regulatory jurisdiction over private flight schools;

     (2)  Deleting the requirement that a private flight school offer a degree or instruction that qualifies an individual to take Federal Aviation Administration flight qualification examinations; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and consistency.

     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. 190, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 190, H.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair