STAND. COM. REP. NO. 221

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 3

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. 3 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the governance of the University of Hawaii (UH) by proposing a constitutional amendment to modify the appointment process of the UH Board of Regents (BOR). Specifically, this constitutional amendment would:

(1) Require the BOR to be selected from a pool of qualified candidates screened and proposed by a Candidate Advisory Council (Council); and

(2) Allow current members of the BOR to continue to serve their terms of office until they are replaced by appointed members who have been screened and proposed by the Council.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Specifying the geographic areas that a certain number of BOR members must represent; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair