HB 950 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION

HB 950 establishes the Hawaiian language university college as an autonomous entity within the University of Hawai‘i system to be located at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Implements an indigenous university college model by transferring the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Hawaiian language college’s rights, duties, powers, and functions to the Hawaiian language university college. Mandates the Hawaiian language university college and University of Hawai‘i at Hilo to enter into a memorandum of agreement by the end of the 2017-2018 academic year to establish shared operations and administration.

• Date: January 31, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
• Committee: House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs
• Testifier: David Lassner, President, University of Hawai‘i, Interim Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; Don Straney, Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo; Maenette Benham, Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i West Oʻahu; John Morton, Vice President for Community Colleges

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