Report Title:

University of Hawaii; Tuition Refund; National Guard

Description:

Requires a full tuition refund for member of the Hawaii National Guard or military reservists who are ordered to active duty, or full-time members of the military who are unable to attend school, for more than 60 days during a school semester (HB1906 HD1).

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1906

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the university of hawaii.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 304-16.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) The board of regents, or its designated representatives, is authorized to grant, modify, or suspend tuition waivers. The board shall refund, in full, any tuition paid for a semester by any student who is:

(1) A member of the Hawaii national guard or United States military reserves who is ordered to active duty and is unable to attend school for more than sixty days during the semester due to requirements of the member's military or national guard service; or

(2) A full-time member of the United States military on active duty who is unable to attend school for more than sixty days during the semester due to requirements of the member's military service.

The board of regents shall provide a report and make recommendations as appropriate to the legislature on all tuition waivers and refunds no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session. This report shall include but not be limited to the number of tuition waivers and scholarships, stipends, and mandatory fees granted to financially needy students from ethnic groups that are under-represented in the student population of the University of Hawaii through the Hawaii opportunity program in education[.] and the number of tuition refunds granted pursuant to this section to students who are members of the Hawaii national guard, United States military reserves, or United States military."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.