STAND. COM. REP. NO.  323

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   H.B. No. 532

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 532 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the salaries and fringe benefits of five positions within the Ko Education Center of the Hawaii Community College.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii System, Hawaii Community College, and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Ko Education Center provides accessible education opportunities for students from all over the northern part of Hawaii island and the Hamakua Coast.  The Ko Education Center recently lost access to sixty-seven percent of its permanent positions.  Of the six positions lost, five were committed to instruction and student support.  This measure will restore the needed positions.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriations to unspecified amounts;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider a total appropriation amount of $520,000, allocated as follows:  $114,750 for the auxiliary and facility services officer; $114,750 for the career and technical education and career pathways specialist; $91,800 for the lab coordinator; $91,800 for the administration and fiscal specialist; and $107,100 for the faculty for programs.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 532, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 532, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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AMY A. PERRUSO, Chair