STAND. COM. REP. NO.  250

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1278

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1278 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 ensure all students have access to affordable higher education by:

 

     (1)  Prohibiting the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii from increasing tuition fees until 2027; and

 

     (2)  Requiring the University of Hawaii to provide the Legislature with an analysis of whether current tuition increases are helping address the University's repair and maintenance backlog.

 

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The University of Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

 

     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. 1278, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1278, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair