STAND. COM. REP. NO.  81

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1329

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1329 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure quality education in the State by requiring the Legislative Reference Bureau to:

 

     (1)  Examine the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, to determine actions and changes required for the State to comply with new federal regulations;

 

     (2)  Examine existing licensing and authorization functions; and

 

     (3)  Make recommendations regarding whether the administration of these licensing and authorization functions should be consolidated and tasked to a single state agency.

 

     The Department of Education supported this bill.  The University of Hawaii, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, and National Independent Educator Standards Boards Association provided comments.


 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the new federal regulations regarding state authorization apply to private, and not public, higher education institutions;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  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. 1329, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1329, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair