STAND. COM. REP. NO.  741-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2639

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2639, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist Hawaii's military personnel by requiring the University of Hawaii's college equivalency program to award academic credits for professional experience gained in the United States Armed Forces.  This measure also requires the University of Hawaii to develop an associated learning assessment to determine college-level learning gained during such experience.

The Oahu Veterans Council, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and an individual supported this measure.  The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012; and

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

     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. 2639, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2639, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair