STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2771

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2328

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2328, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to help reduce the costs of books and supplies for students attending schools of the University of Hawaii System.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes the University of Hawaii Open Educational Resources Task Force to identify potential sources of open educational resources; and

(2) Establishes a pilot program to provide incentives for faculty to use open educational resources.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii Student Caucus, Associated Students of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; and five individuals.

The University of Hawaii System and one individual submitted written comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that supporting the adoption of open educational resources as an alternative to the high prices of textbooks can help to alleviate the increasing costs of higher education.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount appropriated from $50,000 to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your C2ommittee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2328, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2328, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair