SR 155 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC STRATEGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Senate Resolution 155 requests the State Auditor to conduct a management and performance audit of the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy. The audit will examine how the office manages workforce pipelines from pre-school through college, aligns academic programs with Hawaii's job market needs, coordinates transfer agreements between universities and community colleges, and measures program success through performance metrics. This resolution does not create new laws but directs the Auditor to assess existing practices and provide recommendations for improvement. The findings must be reported to the Legislature by late 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 31, 2025

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SR155 → SR155_SD1 · 4 edits

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The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a structured data template with metadata fields, while the substantive policy content requesting an audit of the University of Hawaii's academic strategy office remains unchanged. The core request for a management and performance audit, including specific focus areas on workforce pipelines and performance metrics, was preserved in the reformatted version.

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No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the audit request remains identical in content though the document structure changed from traditional legislative format to a structured template format.

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Resolution Adopted as amended (SD1). Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads. Noes, 0 (none).

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Waived referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1352), as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Fevella.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to HRE,WAM.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

4 primary · 1 co-sponsor