{"id":59923,"date":"2017-05-08T10:41:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T20:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=59923"},"modified":"2019-03-05T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T00:21:02","slug":"uhs-2017-legislative-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/08\/uhs-2017-legislative-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>&#8216;s 2017 legislative recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hawaii-state-capitol.jpg\" alt=\"State capitol building\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hawaii-state-capitol.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hawaii-state-capitol-260x132.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30020\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/young-k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/young-k.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/young-k-186x260.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalbert Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/kalbert-young\/\">Kalbert Young<\/a>, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2017 legislative session.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2017 legislative session adjourned on May 4, passing hundreds of bills on to the governor for final consideration, many of which impacted the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> either directly or indirectly. <\/p>\n<p>The signature initiative for the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> in 2017 was to secure funding for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s Promise Program&#8212;a &ldquo;last dollar&rdquo; scholarship program to provide for the unmet needs of qualified University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College resident students. Working with the governor and the legislature, the program was appropriated $1,829,000 for each year of the fiscal biennium 2018 and 2019. With the governor&#8217;s approval of the statewide budget, the university will undertake the process to establish rules and guidelines as to how the program will distribute and qualify applicants. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/27\/state-leaders-fulfill-hawaiis-promise\/\"><em>State leaders fulfill <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s Promise<\/em><\/a>, April 27, 2017  <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/23\/hawaiis-promise-free-community-college-proposed-for-students-with-financial-need\/\"><em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217; Promise: Free community college proposed for students with financial need<\/em><\/a>, January 23, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The university had other funding requests for operations, programs and initiatives at the 2017 legislature. At the end of the legislative session, many of these were not funded, but there were some areas that did receive funding support and, others that were funded which the university did not initiate or originally request. The legislature was challenged to meet statewide funding requests of departments because there were many competing factors impacting the state&#8217;s budget. These included funding for collective bargaining cost items for all 14 bargaining units, general excise tax allocations to fund <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>&#8217;s rail project and many other high profile issues. <\/p>\n<p>The biennium budget bill (HB 100), along with the many other bills that passed the legislature, now moves to the governor for his consideration. The table below compares the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> items in the operating budget, as requested by the Board of Regents with those that were ultimately included in the final conference draft of the budget bill that is awaiting the governor&#8217;s approval. <\/p>\n<div>\n<table class=\"budget-1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th id=\"campus\">Campus<\/th>\n<th id=\"description\">Description<\/th>\n<th id=\"uh-requests\">Â鶹´«Ã½Request<\/th>\n<th id=\"conference-draft\">Conference Draft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center support<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">4 positions and $5,000,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Title IX<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">Total request was $1,850,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Title IX<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">$250,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Title IX<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">2 positions and $150,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Title IX<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">1 position and $70,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Title IX<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">4 positions and $820,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Promise Program<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">$2,500,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">$1,829,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Positions for capital improvement projects<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">$400,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">$400,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Concussion awareness<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">None<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">$350,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">He&#699;eia Reserve<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">None<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">2.64 positions and $240,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Legal support<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">None<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">2 positions and $375,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Transfer in Office of Aerospace from <abbr title=\"Department of Business, Economic Development &#038; Tourism\">DBEDT<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">None<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">1 position and $87,996<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Graduation Initiative<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">12 positions and $9,850,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Research and Innovation Initiative<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">5 positions and $3,500,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">Graduate student salary support<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">$2,850,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Description\">High Performance Mission Driven System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Request\">7 positions and $2,800,000<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Conference Draft\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>In general, I believe the university fared pretty well in legislative attention in the budget. Granted, much of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>&#8217;s original request was not funded, but the areas that were funded give the university some support to continue its movement of improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in the budget was funding for the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System to address capital improvement projects and deferred maintenance, which is a major concern of <abbr>UH<\/abbr>. The state budget appropriated a total of $159.8 million in general obligation bonds for the following projects: <\/p>\n<div>\n<table class=\"budget-1\">\n<thead >\n<tr>\n<th id=\"campus-1\">Campus<\/th>\n<th id=\"project\">Project<\/th>\n<th id=\"amount\" colspan=\"2\">Amount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Lyon Arboretum, repair and repave parking lot<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$600,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Hale Alahonua, air conditioning improvements<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\"> $3,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Renovation of the maintenance building<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$2,500,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Repair and renovation of the library<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$50,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\">Honolulu <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Reroof automotive technology and diesel mechanics facility<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$450,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Trades and Apprenticeship Program and physics lab, various improvements<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Culinary Institute of the Pacific phase II<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\"> $20,000,000<\/td>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Campus Center improvements, including exhaust fan duct and cafeteria kitchen replacement<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$520,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Daniel K. Inouye Technology Center improvements<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$1,660,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\">Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Improvements for 7886 BE and theater buildings reroofing phase IIB<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$250,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\">Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Hale P&#257;lanakila and Hale &#699;Imiloa, various improvements<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Improvements for Ho&#699;okipa and Laulima AC\/HVAC systems<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$300,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Improvements for Ka&#699;a&#699;ike and Pa&#699;ina <abbr title=\"Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning\">HVAC<\/abbr> controls and distribution systems<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$1,100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Library improvements and removal of hazardous materials<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$440,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Minor <abbr title=\"Capital Improvement Project\">CIP<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$10,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Capital renewal and deferred maintenance<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$10,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Product development center<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$9,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Renew, improve and modernize<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$83,250,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">CTAHR, site and infrastructure improvements at research stations statewide<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$6,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Proof of concept planning and design<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$250,000<br \/>\n         <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/p>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Snyder Hall replacement<\/p>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$5,000,000<br \/>\n         <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/p>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Relocation of communications and the Academy of Creative Media into a shared facility on the M&#257;noa campus<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$3,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Hyperbaric Treatment Center at Kuakini Hospital<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$1,500,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td headers=\"Campus\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Project\">Total<\/td>\n<td headers=\"Amount\" colspan=\"2\">$159,770,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> is extremely thankful and appreciative to the legislature for the support they provided for these capital needs across the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System. A lot of work still needs to be done and additional funding will still need to be appropriated in order to reduce <abbr>UH<\/abbr>&#8217;s deferred maintenance backlog. But, like the operating budget appropriations, the level of capital funding is enough that <abbr>UH<\/abbr> could make some level of progress on modernizing some of its campuses&#8217; facilities. <\/p>\n<p>The governor has until July 11, 2017 to either sign, veto, or allow bills to become law without his signature. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalbert Young, Â鶹´«Ã½vice president for budget and finance and CFO, shares his analysis of the 2017 legislative session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,28],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-59923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-governance","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59923"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91973,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923\/revisions\/91973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}