STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3303

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 166

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, 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 urge 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.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System.

Your Committee finds that the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degrees, minors, and certificate programs, including sixty-five certificates, one hundred bachelor's degrees, eighty-three master's degrees, fifty-six doctoral degrees, and five professional degrees. However, the University of Hawai‘i System, among its ten campuses, has duplicative efforts in the form of curriculum and programs, which require time and investment of resources. As a public university that receives public funding, it is important that the costs of operating the University of Hawai‘i are adequately covered and that there is an effort to utilize existing programs and resources in an effective and efficient manner.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 166 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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KAIALI'I KAHELE, Chair