STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1875

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 51

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 51, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE REGENTS CANDIDATE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP OF STUDENTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE PARTIES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MODIFIED PROCESS FOR THE SELECTION OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the Candidate Advisory Council for the Board of Regents to:

 

     (1)  Convene a working group of students to develop and implement a modified process for the selection of the candidates for the student member of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents;

 

     (2)  Establish a process to ensure student involvement in the recruitment and evaluation of candidates for the student member of the Board of Regents prior to submission of the candidate pool to the Governor;

 

     (3)  Include in the working group representatives from each campus, the University of Hawaii Student Caucus, the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii, and other student organizations as may be appropriate; and

 

     (4)  Report its findings and recommendations to the 2010 Legislature.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii (UH) Honolulu Community College and UH Associated Students of Kapiolani Community College Student Congress.  The UH Regents Candidate Advisory Council opposed this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 51, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

 

____________________________

JERRY L. CHANG, Chair