STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1541

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 199

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 199, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH A THREE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON ANY INCREASES OF RESIDENT TUITION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Board of Regents to establish a three-year moratorium on any increases in resident tuition for the University of Hawaii, effective July 1, 2014.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the University of Hawaii System.

 

     Your Committee finds that the tuition and fees at the University of Hawaii have steadily increased during the past five years and at a rate much higher than the national average for other public universities.  These substantial tuition increases may discourage residents from attending the University of Hawaii.  Accordingly, your Committee believes that a moratorium on resident tuition increases would enable more Hawaii residents to enroll at the University and make higher education more accessible and affordable for state residents.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 199, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair