STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2045

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.C.R. No. 138

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 138, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC STRATEGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to perform a management and performance audit of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy of the University of Hawaii.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaiʻi and University of Hawaiʻi System.

Your Committee finds that the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy is responsible for overseeing system-wide policies, programs, and initiatives that shape the institution's academic quality, career pathways, workforce pipelines, and performance metrics. Your Committee further finds that, to ensure alignment between the University of Hawaii's plan to develop career pathways and the State's industry needs, a management and performance audit of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy of the University of Hawaii is needed to provide valuable insights to the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of programs and initiatives under the Office's scope.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Auditor is requested to submit the audit of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy of the University of Hawaii, rather than a report, to the Legislature; 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 that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 138, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 138, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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ANDREW TAKUYA GARRETT, Chair