STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1620-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2584

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 2584, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase access to the State's Tuition Assistance Program for Hawaii National Guard members who are resident students working toward a degree within the University of Hawaii System by:

 

     (1)  Expanding eligibility to all commissioned officers of the Hawaii National Guard and members working toward a graduate degree; and

 

     (2)  Appropriating an unspecified amount of general revenues to support the Tuition Assistance Program.

 

     The Department of Defense of the State of Hawaii, University of Hawaii System, Oahu Veterans Council, and Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion.

 

    

     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 S.B. No. 2584, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2584, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair