STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3501

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 166

S.D. 1

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.C.R. No. 166 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I SYSTEM TO UTILIZE AND EXPAND EXISTING CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS ACROSS THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES RATHER THAN ALLOW EACH CAMPUS TO CREATE ITS OWN CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to promote consistency in the curriculum across the University of Hawaii System by requesting the University of Hawaii System to utilize and expand existing curriculum and programs across the various campuses, rather than allowing each campus to create its own curriculum and programs.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawaii System.

Your Committee finds that the various campuses of the University of Hawaii System should work together to offer the best undergraduate general education core requirement programs possible for its students.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the University of Hawaii System is requested to utilize and expand existing undergraduate general education core requirement curriculum and programs across the various campuses; and

(2) Amending the measure's title to reflect its amended purpose.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 166, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 166, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair