REPORT TITLE:
UH; Hawaiians' Tuition Waivers


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates money for tuition waivers for Hawaiians in the
University of Hawaii system. (HB704 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        704
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Hawaiians would
 
 2 benefit from having positive role models and further, as a group,
 
 3 Hawaiians deserve additional financial help to achieve higher
 
 4 education goals.  
 
 5      The purpose of this Act is to provide for tuition waivers
 
 6 for Hawaiians in the University of Hawaii system, in addition to
 
 7 tuition waivers currently granted to Hawaiian students, with the
 
 8 goal of encouraging more Hawaiians to pursue higher education.
 
 9 For purposes of this Act, "Hawaiian" means any descendant of the
 
10 aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands that exercised
 
11 sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 and
 
12 have continued to reside in Hawaii since 1778.
 
13      SECTION 2.  There are appropriated out of the revenues of
 
14 the State of Hawaii the sum of $1 or so much thereof as may be
 
15 necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000 and the sum of $1 or so much
 
16 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 for the
 
17 provision of tuition waivers for Hawaiians enrolled in the
 
18 University of Hawaii system, in addition to the tuition waivers
 

 
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 1 currently granted to Hawaiian students, to encourage and assist
 
 2 more Hawaiians in their pursuit of both graduate and
 
 3 undergraduate degrees.
 
 4      SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 5 University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
 
 6      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.