STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2046

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2025

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 142

      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. 142, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT'S USE AND MANAGEMENT OF ITS FUNDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Office of the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department.

 

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

 

     Your Committee finds that the University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department (Athletics Department) is responsible for the operations of various student sports teams, the teams' training and performance, travel as necessary, and for providing educational and mental health support for their athletes.  To support these efforts, the Athletics Department receives funding from private donors, the University of Hawaii, legislative appropriations, and various sport-specific distributions.

 

     Your Committee further finds that an evaluation of the Athletics Department's use of its funds is necessary for the improvement and efficiency of the Athletics Department as a whole.  Additionally, your Committee believes that the performance audit, as requested by this measure, will be beneficial for the incoming Athletics Director, giving the Director a better understanding on the current use and management of Athletics Department funds and how to improve in those areas.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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. 142, 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. 142, 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