STAND. COM. REP. NO. 306
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 979
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. 979 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The University of Hawaii System testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2525, to facilitate further discussion;
(2) Changing the appropriated amounts to unspecified amounts to facilitate further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Higher Education respectfully requests that it consider appropriating:
(1) $850,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016; and
(2) $650,000 for fiscal year 2016-2017,
for Cybersecurity Workforce Development Education and Training Programs within the University of Hawaii Community College system.
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. 979, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 979, H.D. 1, and 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 |
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