STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1385

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 666
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
S.B. No. 666, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the University of
Hawaii to inform those who must register for the Selective
Service of their obligation to comply with the Military Selective
Service Act.

     One individual testified in support of the bill.  The Hawaii
State Director of the Selective Service System testified in
reluctant support of the intent of the bill, stating that
informing students of their responsibility is certainly not the
same as requiring male students to show proof of registration.
The American Friends Service Committee testified in opposition to
the bill.

     The University of Hawaii testified that it will implement
the requirements of this bill and make every effort to inform and
urge all eligible males to register with the Selective Service.

     Your Committee has amended the bill to provide that the
University of Hawaii shall inform students of their obligation to
register with the Selective Service System during pre-admission
enrollment and registration.


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 666, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 666, S.D.
1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair