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Committee passes bill allowing UH Board of Regents to use tuition fund for emergency student aid
Summary
House Bill 1171 permits the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to use the tuition and fee special fund for student aid in response to a governor‑declared emergency; student leaders supported the bill and the committee approved it unamended.
On March 11 the Senate Committee on Higher Education passed House Bill 1171, which would allow the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to use money in the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fee Special Fund for student aid in response to an emergency or disaster declared by the governor.
Deborah Halbert, the university's vice president for academic strategy, testified that the university supports the bill and that…
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