STAND. COM. REP. NO.  246

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 543

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 543 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Auditor to conduct audits of the University of Hawaii's management of faculty workloads and report findings and recommendations to the Legislature, beginning with the 2016 Regular Session and, thereafter, at each Regular Session immediately prior to the expiration of each faculty union collective bargaining agreement.  

 

     The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly and one concerned individual opposed this measure.  The University of Hawaii System provided comments.

 

     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. 543 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair