STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1440-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 3037

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Higher Education and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 3037, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase international study opportunities for University of Hawaii students by appropriating funds for the Office of International Affairs of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to fund, by grant, one or more programs sponsored or organized by a University of Hawaii campus to implement international college experiences for University of Hawaii students.

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i and a concerned individual supported the measure. The University of Hawaii; Department of the Attorney General; Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; and a concerned individual submitted comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by replacing its contents with the substance of H.B. No. 2604, H.D. 2. Specifically, the measure was amended by:

(1) Appropriating an unspecified amount for the University of Hawaii, in collaboration with the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, to fund one or more programs sponsored or organized by the University of Hawaii community colleges or a four-year campus to implement international college experiences for Hawaii students enrolled at a University of Hawaii campus;

(2) Requiring the University of Hawaii to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2019, including identifying which University of Hawaii campuses are participating in the programs described in paragraph (1);

(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3037, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3037, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair