STAND. COM. REP. NO.  238

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1169

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1169 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 promote careers in education to Hawaii high school students by funding a program at the University of Hawaii that promotes the benefits of a degree in education and the University of Hawaii System campuses that offer degrees in education.

 

     The University of Hawaii, Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, IMUAlliance, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Amending the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; 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. 1169, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1169, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair