STAND. COM. REP. NO.  14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 340

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 340 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to transfer regulatory authority over private trade, vocational, and technical schools from the Department of Education to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs under chapter 305J, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     The Department of Education and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Hawaii Post-secondary Education Authorization Program of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs submitted comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 340 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair