Report Title:

Tuition Assistance; UOH; DLIR

 

Description:

Establishes a program in the DLIR to provide tuition assistance for low-income students to attend the University of Hawaii.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

403

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to Tuition assistance for low-income students to attend the University of Hawaii.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 371, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§371- Tuition assistance for low-income students to attend the University of Hawaii. (a) The director, subject to the availability of funds, may award tuition assistance to low-income students who are:

(1) Residents of the State, as defined by the board of regents pursuant to section 304-4; and

(2) Undergraduate students working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii;

(b) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this section. The rules shall include:

(1) A definition of "low-income student"; provided that the director of labor and industrial relations shall consult with the director of human services and the director of health before adopting this definition;

(2) Descriptions of the minimum academic qualification of students who may be awarded full or partial tuition assistance under this section;

(3) Listings of acceptable fields of study, degrees, and periods of eligibility for students who may be awarded tuition assistance under this section;

(4) Procedures for demonstrating the ongoing, satisfactory academic performance of students who have accepted tuition assistance under this section;

(5) Explanations of any obligations for students who have accepted tuition assistance under this section;

(6) Procedures for administratively transferring moneys for tuition assistance awarded under this section from the department of labor and industrial relations to the University of Hawaii; and

(7) Procedures for enforcing this subsection.

(c) Chapters 42F, 103D, and 103F shall not apply to this section."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001-2002, and the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003, to provide tuition assistance for low-income students to attend the University of Hawaii.

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________