STAND. COM. REP. NO.  759

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 848

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 848 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow post-secondary educational institutions that have been denied the privilege to operate or continue to operate in the State with the option to request an administrative hearing within fifteen days of the receipt of the notification of denial.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

     Your Committee finds that pursuant to section 305J-12(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, any post-secondary educational institution that is placed on probationary status may request an administrative hearing for review pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  However, chapter 305J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, does not explicitly provide post-secondary educational institutions with the option to request an administrative hearing following other negative decisions.  This measure will enable the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program to carry out its responsibilities more effectively by providing that post-secondary educational institutions may request an administrative hearing following a denial of an authorization to operate in the State or a notification that the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs intends to suspend or terminate an institution's authorization to operate in the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 848 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair