STAND. COM. REP. NO. 572

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1075

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1075 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to re-establish the tuition waiver program (Program) at the University of Hawaii (UH) for veterans of the Vietnam conflict.

The Office of Veterans Services supported the intent of this bill. UH submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Expanding the Program to cover all veterans who have served in war;

(2) Appropriating $1 to promote further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee notes that UH estimates about $500,000 is needed to fund the Program. Your Committee advises the proponents of this measure to request that the UH Board of Regents include these funds in its supplemental budget request next year.

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 H.B. No. 1075, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1075, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair