STAND. COM. REP. NO.  369

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 775

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 775, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the marketing, travel, and other related recruitment expenses necessary to market Hawaii and Hawaii's institutions of higher education to international students.  

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; the University of Hawaii; Hawaii Community College International Education Committee; Hawaii Pacific University; Hawaii Preparatory Academy; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; ELS Language Centers Honolulu; and many individuals provided testimony in support of 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 775, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair