STAND. COM. REP. NO. 934

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1418

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1418 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for four full-time equivalent positions for the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council, including instructional faculty, student personnel, and graduate assistantships.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Filipina Advocacy Network, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that students of Filipino ancestry are underrepresented at certain campuses within the University of Hawaii System, including the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where they comprise only ten per cent of undergraduate students and four per cent of graduate students. Your Committee recognizes that the Pamantasan Council was established, in part, to address issues of representation and to ensure the success of Filipino students.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation from an unspecified amount to $390,000 for each fiscal year in the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1418, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1418, 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