STAND. COM. REP. NO.  764

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1594

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1594, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any University of Hawaii campus and to appropriate funds to establish and implement the program.

The University of Hawaii, KASAMA–UH Leeward Community College; Filipino-Americans Advocacy Network; Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights; Nursing Advocates & Mentors, Inc.; Filipino American Citizens League; National Federation of Filipino American Associations, Region 12; Kuamahi Community Education Group of Kamehameha Schools; Associated Students of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu; Hawaii Filipino Lawyers Association; and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Educational Policy Center and several individuals commented on this measure.  

     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. 1594, 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