STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1868

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 968

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the University of Hawaii to fund three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) academic and support services specialist positions for the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights, and numerous individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that appropriating moneys for academic and support services specialist positions for the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council will help increase enrollment and support of Filipino students at the university.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the specification for the appropriation to fund three full-time equivalent positions; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair