STAND. COM. REP. NO.  249

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 28

      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. 28 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide equitable application of educational benefits afforded to employees of the University of Hawaii at Manoa by requiring the University of Hawaii to provide its officers and other employees who are assigned to collective bargaining unit (1) and collective bargaining unit (2) with a tuition waiver benefit.  

The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646 and AFL-CIO, and one concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The University of Hawaii and a concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The Office of Collective Bargaining provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 28, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 28, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair