STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3191

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2690

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2690 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 to the University of Hawaii Maui College's Office of International and Regional Partnerships to subsidize travel expenses and tuition for students who wish to study abroad.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Maui County Council.

Your Committee finds that studying abroad helps students gain foreign language skills and cross-cultural competence and fosters meaningful relationships in an increasingly globalized world. Accordingly, this measure will provide additional means for college students to take advantage of opportunities to study abroad.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation 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 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. 2690, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2690, 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