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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE RESOLUTION
  REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CONVENE A STUDY GROUP TO
    CREATE A NEW HIGHER EDUCATION TITLE IN THE HAWAII REVISED
    STATUTES WHICH CLEARLY EXPRESSES LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND
    RECODIFIES THE HIGHER EDUCATION STATUTES.



 1        WHEREAS, the lower education statutes were recodified in
 2   1996, following the findings and recommendations of a study
 3   group convened in the previous year, in an effort to integrate
 4   recent education policy changes and communicate the intent and
 5   import of recent systemic reforms; and
 6   
 7        WHEREAS, in contrast to the policy changes affecting the
 8   Department of Education, the University of Hawaii has also
 9   recently undergone significant legislative reforms resulting in
10   increased fiscal and management autonomy; and
11   
12        WHEREAS, statutes relating to the University of Hawaii and
13   higher education presently span across several chapters in the
14   education title of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, as well as
15   various sections in chapters relating to state financial
16   administration and public contracts; and
17   
18        WHEREAS, a recodification of the higher education and
19   related statutes will further clarify the intent of the
20   Legislature to treat the University of Hawaii as an independent
21   and autonomous agency separate from other agencies in the state
22   administration; now, therefore,
23   
24        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
25   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
26   of 1999, that the University of Hawaii is respectfully
27   requested to convene a higher education statutory
28   recodification interim study group to identify and submit to
29   the 2000 Regular Session of the Legislature guiding principles
30   for statewide higher education policy which can be adopted and
31   used to evaluate future higher education legislation; and
32   
33        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Hawaii is
34   requested to compose the study group so as to reflect the
35   higher education community, including administrators, faculty,
36   researchers, students, the President of the University of
37   Hawaii or the President's representative, and the Chairperson
38   of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii or the
39   Chairperson's representative; and

 
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 2        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study group, with the
 3   technical and legal assistance of the University's attorneys,
 4   is requested to develop an organizational framework to the
 5   higher education chapters of title 18, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
 6   including chapters 304, 305, 305A, 305E, 305H, 306, 307, 308,
 7   309, and 310, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the various provisions
 8   related to the University of Hawaii in the laws on state
 9   financial administration and public property, purchasing and
10   contracting, in order to identify statutes which should be
11   consolidated, amended, or repealed for the purposes of
12   recodifying statutes relating to the University of Hawaii and
13   higher education; and
14   
15        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Hawaii is
16   respectfully requested to submit findings and recommendations,
17   including any proposed legislation developed by the study group
18   and the university's attorneys, to the Legislature twenty days
19   prior to the convening of the 2000 Regular Session; and
20   
21        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
22   Resolution be transmitted to the President of the University of
23   Hawaii and the Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the
24   University of Hawaii.
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