STAND. COM. REP. NO. 492-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1844

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water & Land and Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 1844 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for temporary adjunct faculty positions at the University of Hawaii Maui College to train persons in construction trades.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaiʻi System; University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; and one individual.

Your Committees find that the 2023 University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization's third quarter forecast report, "Maui rebuilding is still Hawaii's biggest economic challenge", states that "rebuilding efforts on Maui will require about 2,000 additional construction workers". The positions provided in this measure will assist in the various types of training needed for construction trades at Maui College, including apprentice training, short-term continuing education, and an associate degree program.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

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

Your Committees respectfully request your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $250,000 for fiscal year 2024-2025 for four full-time equivalent (4.0 FTE) temporary adjunct faculty positions.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Higher Education & Technology that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1844, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1844, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Higher Education & Technology,

____________________________ AMY A. PERRUSO, Chair

____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair