STAND. COM. REP. NO.  723-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1488

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1488, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESIDENCE FOR TUITION PURPOSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to simplify the residency determination for the State's high school students and recent graduates to enroll at the University of Hawaii by considering high school seniors and recent high school graduates, including those who choose to return from out of state to pursue higher education in Hawaii, as residents under certain conditions.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, University of Hawaii System, Kamehameha Schools, and five individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1488, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair