Uh members, any discussion, any questions? Hearing none, vice chair for the vote for 2613. Chair votes I. Hi. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh Committee on Waterland, same recommendation. >> Okay. Thank you. The Committee on Water, Land and Culture, and the Arts. Chair's recommendation to pass SB 2613 with amendments. Chair Lee. >> Hi. >> Vice Chair goes, Senator Chang is excused. Senator Lamosa, >> I. Senator Deport. >> Hi. >> Measure is adopted, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. And the joint hearing is the other one. >> Sure. Oh, we have one more. >> Yep. >> Oh, water. >> That's okay. >> Okay. It You didn't You didn't go us out, right? >> Okay. Sorry. >> That's all right. Moving on to SB 2147 relating to Love My Library Day. Um, seeing all testifiers in support, recommendation is to move out with tech amendments. Um, yeah.
Hearing none, the recommendations adopted. >> Okay. Thank you very much, uh, Senator Dort. That brings us to the end of this agenda and we will take a brief recess while we await the uh presence of the committee on education. Good afternoon. We are convening this afternoon's uh joint committee hearing between the public safety and military affairs committee and committee on education. We have three bills on the agenda this afternoon and we'd like to get started with Senate Bill 2138. Relating to the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program. Testifying for uh US Defense State Leazison Office, we have Kelly May Douglas on Zoom. Welcome. Please proceed. >> Good evening, chairs and members of the committee. I don't I'm I'm not uh testifying on this bill. >> Oh, okay. Thank you. >> I'm sorry. >> My apologies. Uh the first up on this bill is uh University of Hawaii Gomes.
>> Absolutely. A 10-9 lead in the second quarter for the Clockers. We'll take the wins where we can get them >> all the time. >> Okay, Scott, any final thoughts before we head to the head to the break at halftime? >> No, you know, I talked about effort in the beginning and that's really what you want to take out of a season like this and you see that in a couple of couple of the different plays. Uh Rossi um doing awesome with rebounds like he had a great offensive one that got put back up. A couple of the guys have really put a lot of effort into it and that's really what is going to help change his game and help keep Ashlin into it. So, great job. >> All sounds good. Yeah, the Clockers definitely play with a lot of really good energy in that first half, particularly in the second quarter.
and non-s substantive amendments. Any discussion? Seeing none, vice chair, >> the committee on water, land, culture, and the arts chair's recommendation to pass SB 2147 with amendments with four members present. Any voting with reservations? Any no votes?
Is that >> Yes. I'm on Zoom. >> Yes. >> Welcome. >> Aloha chairs, vice chairs, and members of the committee. I am Farah Marie Gomes, associate vice president for student affairs with the University of Hawaii system. Uh we have provided testimony on behalf of our vice president for academic strategy, Debbie Halbert.
Again, these two teams have very different records, but you wouldn't know it tonight from uh from the effort the Clockers putting forth. We're going to take a quick break here as the Ashlin cheerleaders take over here at Center Court. You're watching Ashlin boys varsity basketball on WACA. Our time is now. [music] Can you please >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Hey, hey, hey. Heat. [music] Hey, Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Hey, hey, hey. >> [music] [music] >> Hey, [music] hey, hey. >> [music] [music] >> Hey, hey, [music] hey. Hey, hey, hey. Yeah, let's go. >> Yeah, Eli. >> Let's go, Noah. One last time. And welcome back to second half action. Your Ashlin Clockers hosting the Westwood Wolverines in their the Clocker season finale. If you're just joining us, it's 2113. Clockers fell behind early in the first quarter but turned it around in the second outscoring the Wolverines by believe a 10 to9 difference there again brings us 2113 as we start the second half.
Hearing none, vice chair uh chair uh Lee measure is adopted. >> Uh same recommendation for the committee on education and I do love my library. So, chair votes Thank you. And now we're adjourned. >> Thank you. uh for the committee on education. We are on a 105 agenda. Today is Friday, February 13th. I will dispense with the other uh comments regarding if we have any difficulties. Uh we have difficulties all the time. But the first item on the agenda is Senate Bill 6, I'm sorry, 2602 relating to general fund requires the excess funds for the University of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund at the end of the fiscal year lapse to the credit of the general fund. Uh, and we have uh Tom Yamamaica testifying for the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Tom, are you there? >> Uh, thank you, chair, vice chair, members of the committee.
Um I'm testifying in support of this bill today and I'm available to provide any um to answer any questions. We stand on our written testimony and appreciate the opportunity to provide testimony and support of this measure. Mahalo. >> Thank you very much. Uh next we have testifying for Department of Defense for uh Major General Logan. Welcome. >> Yeah. Aloha chairs, vice chairs, and members of the committee. Uh Brigger General retired Neil Matsioshi. Um the department stands on it written testimony and support. Uh but I just want to highlight that um competition for recruits between services has really never been um more competitive than it is now. and this bill will give us the flexibility to ensure the Hawaii National Guard gets to retain the best and brightest.
Wolverines will start with the ball as Ortiz inbounds for the Wolverines. >> Yep. So I want to start off this quarter by giving a shout out to my sister-in-law who is online and giving us >> representing Maine. Yep. >> And also giving me some feedback that I was not talking enough. Now, I don't know if that's you're talking too much, Josh, or >> there's a very good possibility of that. >> So, it's one of those two. I'm not sure. >> So, Wolverines start with a three-pointer to open the half. Rossy drives in and gets the foul. He'll go to the line. [screaming] >> Good >> effort. So yeah, the Scott Peliter fan club extending well into deep northern New England. >> Yeah, I mean there's if you think about New England, it's really just mean and Massachusetts and that's [laughter] all that really matters. >> Wow.
Tom Yamamaica for Tax Foundation. Um, but it seems like most of the people testifying on this bill see it as a raid. Uh, we we look at it as a technical fix. uh the the statute already provides for lapsing to the credit of program ID's UH900. I I think the problem is to I think that's the problem because UH900 is a program designation. It's not a fund. So um it looks to me like a technical fix but uh if it's not then uh we think there are much better candidates for rating. Uh >> we will take that under adisement. >> Thank you. >> A message to uh the chair of the uh ways and means committee. Thank you. Okay. We have next uh president in the university Wendo Hensel and Lewis Alivera and it's good to see the chair of the border regions also here.
Um, so just appreciate the committee's support on this and prepare to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, next up we have see Brigadier General Walter Ross. Okay. If not, moving on to uh Colonel Ronald Hogen for Hawaii Army National Guard. Welcome. >> Aloha chairs, vice committee members. My name is Colonel Damon Hogson. I currently serve as the Hawaii Army National Guard Chief of Staff and the Hawaii National Guard stands firm on our our written testimony in favor of this bill. I just add one one comment of the incredible importance of the state tuition assistance program to our to our guard members to allow them to continue to to their education benefits and this bill will afford them the opportunity to expand to graduate programs to continue to professionalize our workforce. Thank you. Mahalo. >> Thank you very much.
Wow. Coming in hot. Hugo Rossy with the free throw. >> Well, there's nobody on from New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, or Rhode Island, so I think I'm okay. Well, don't forget, you know, we we do get thousands of people watching the replays as Rossy misses the second half of the free throws. 10-point lead for the Wolverines. About a half a minute gone by in the second half. And Alejandro drives the lane like he owned it. >> He has four points on the night. >> Send it back to the press again >> despite a 12-point lead. Interesting. Rossy loses the handle. Late whistle there. >> Looks like we're gonna get a foul away from the ball. >> And Ty Pendell picks up his third. >> Mikey. >> So Savadini inbound right in front of his own bench. Nish backing up a little bit then brings it across midcourt.
Regent Lee, welcome. >> Good afternoon, chair. We rest on our testimony in opposition of this measure and are here to answer any questions you have. >> Okay, let's see. We also have had testimony from Christian Fern and from Leilani Dlo in opposition. Anyone else here wishing to testify on this measure?
Is there anyone else who would like to provide testimony? We had um received 13 testimonies in support and no testimonies in opposition uh on this measure. Okay members, any questions? Yeah, I have a question of the guard. >> So right now you're prohibited from um offering it to graduates >> senator. Currently the the latest that state law is written it just specifically says undergraduate degrees. So we're just adding the language to allow the authority in the in the law to be able to extend to graduate programs. >> Okay. So you are you are prohibited or not allowed in this current session which is why you need the bill and you're not asking us for any money. You folks already have the funds, >> right? We will execute the program within the current budget. Okay, >> that's good. Thank you. Okay. >> Turning the rest of this uh agenda over to education committee.
Kind of an awkward handoff there to Sandra. Heavy pressure here and it leads to a turnover. Talangua drives but gets fouled. He'll head to the line >> good foul >> with the free throw shooting tonight. Um stopping the layup is worth it >> so Sabadini's second foul of the night. Talonga started the game for the Wolverines. That's his first point of the night. >> Front iron, no good. Rossy got a hand on it. Tracks it down into the corner. Double teamed and that leads to a turnover. >> Mariano Alejandro tried to lay it in. didn't come away with it. Anisha under heavy pressure. A triple team kickball correctly. >> Call there by the back ref. Let's go. >> Since that was a Wolverine stoppage. I would have thought the clocks would get a fresh shot clock out of that, but it stays at 30. Another tough inbounds here.
Hearing none. Members, we are open for questions. Sorry. Okay. So, um, president, if you'd like to come forward like I guess the question that was raised during the ways and means committee and also during our briefing about the um excess balance that is uh left in the tuition and fees fund and the plans that you might have for those monies which we don't we never got a definitive list of what the what those might that might be. Um and also I guess the concerns been raised since about consolidating all of that balance left over other than the 16% um reserve as to coming directly from the community colleges. So um president if you want to go ahead. No, I'm happy appreciate the opportunity to to speak to this and in response to the the testimony, this is this is a major shift in how the university would be funded.
Okay. Thank you. Uh, Senate Bill 2614 relating to education authorizes Department of Education to award a high school diploma to qualified persons who did not receive a high school diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services of the United States or whose high school high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. And we have Mr. ing. Um, Kelly May Douglas in support on Zoom. Here you are. Aloha. >> Hi. >> Aloha. Good evening, uh, chairs and vice chairs and members of the committee. My name is Kelly May Douglas with the US Defense State Leaison Office and we stand in support of this measure and also stand on our written testimony. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, Kayashi, Department of Education. Aloha chairs, vice chairs, members of the committee.
Anish gets it ahead to Rossy. They break the press successfully. Here goes Igor driving right on in. Lay up and in. [cheering] And that's how you break it, right? >> Yep. Through speed. >> Good passing. >> So, Sabadini on the scoreboard now. Clockers down by nine. About 6 minutes to go in the third quarter. >> Yeah, you break the you break that press a couple times like that and then they're going to just stop it. >> Soft touch there by Pendelle. That's I believe his first non-three of the night. >> Pass intercepted here by Chil Chilanga. Lariano Alejandro tried to drive baseline. Thought better of it. Kicks it back up top. >> Fires up a three. [cheering] Nails it. He hits the floor at the end of it. Doesn't get the call. So he's up to seven points on the night. Inbounds to Sandra to Rossy.
This would not be a technical amendment. Uh as you know, um currently fund balances for tuition and and special fees after the year is over remain. U they they come back to the university central fund and go back out to each of the um other funds, which is how they are currently held. The uh the problem uh which I think you all identified is that there is a significant amount of money in those balances that is not being productively employed for strategic purposes. In part that is because they are held at the individual level and our goal is to begin thinking of how to use those funds productively to be invested for the benefit of the whole. You know all of our campuses are just a different way of saying students across the university. They are all students of the University of Hawaii. There are different challenges that arise at different times for different campuses.
I'm Elizabeth Higashi on behalf of the Department of Education. We start on our written testimony in support and thank you for the opportunity. Okay. Thank you. Uh we have nine seven others um that sent in testimony. Anyone here wishing to testify on this measure?