STAND. COM. REP. NO.  771

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 96

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 96, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve the handling of student, faculty, and staff concerns, problems, grievances, and issues at the University of Hawaii at Manoa by statutorily establishing the Office of the Ombuds at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     The University of Hawaii at Manoa Graduate Student Organization and three concerned individuals supported the measure.  A concerned individual testified in opposition.  The University of Hawaii, Office of the Ombudsman, and Hawaii Educational Policy Center submitted comments.

 

     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. 96, 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