STAND. COM. REP. NO. 345-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1779

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 1779 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a three-year summer tuition pilot program for University of Hawaii community colleges to offset the costs of aligning the resident tuition rates for the summer semester with the resident tuition rates that are established for the spring and fall semesters at the community colleges.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General and University of Hawaiʻi System.

Your Committee finds that this measure will make summer school more accessible and affordable for community college students.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1779, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1779, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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AMY A. PERRUSO, Chair