  {"id":45076,"date":"2016-04-20T16:24:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=45076"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:19:53","slug":"2016-legislative-update-by-vp-kalbert-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/20\/2016-legislative-update-by-vp-kalbert-young\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 legislative update by <abbr title=\"Vice President\">VP<\/abbr> Kalbert Young"},"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\"> 3<\/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=\"Hawaii 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\/admin\/executives\/cfo.html\">Kalbert Young<\/a>, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心视频<\/abbr> vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2016 legislative session to date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/\">Hawai&#699;i State Legislature<\/a> is now entering its final weeks for 2016. The supplemental budget is the biggest point of discussion for this week as both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/committeepage.aspx?comm=FIN\">House Finance Committee<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/committeepage.aspx?comm=WAM\">Senate Ways and Means Committee<\/a> meet in joint conference committee to deliberate their disagreements with each other&#8217;s draft of the budget and to eventually settle on funding and appropriation decisions for every state department and agency.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of Hawai&#699;i<\/a> is keenly watching the deliberations. Prior to the beginning of the legislative session, the university submitted a very lean request for additional general fund support&#8212;10 items for approximately, $16.2 million. No department should expect to get everything that they have asked for from the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>As the conference committee on the budget begins, let&#8217;s see how <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> has fared this session.<\/p>\n<table class=\"budget-1-4\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"first-head\">\n<th class=\"first-head\" colspan=\"4\" scope=\"col\">Operating Budget Proposals Comparison (<abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\">Campus<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\"><abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Request<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\">House Draft<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\">Senate Draft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii at Manoa\">糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>4 positions and $350,000 for <abbr title=\"College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources\">CTAHR<\/abbr> Extension Program<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>4 positions and $330,000 for <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> Extension Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$306,168 for Office of Research Compliance<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$1,093,832 for Environmental Health and Safety Office<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$5,000,000 for <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Cancer Research Center<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>$3,000,000 for <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Cancer Research Center<\/td>\n<p> contingent upon <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> putting in $1,500,000<br \/>\n        <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$3,000,000 for <abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr> athletics<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$560,000 for <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii Hilo\">糖心视频H<\/abbr> athletics<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频H<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>37 positions and $420,000 for security services<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>27 positions and $0 for security services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr title=\"Univeristy of Hawaii West Oahu\">糖心视频WO<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td data-label=\"糖心视频 Request\">12 positions and $728,020 for continued growth and evolution of <abbr>糖心视频WO<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>8 positions and $530,416 for <abbr>糖心视频WO<\/abbr> evolution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii Community Colleges\">糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$1,250,000 for a centralized equipment fund<\/td>\n<td>$1,250,000 for a centralized equipment fund<\/td>\n<td>$1,250,000 for a centralized equipment fund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>System<\/td>\n<td>20 positions and $3,500,000 for <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Research and Innovation Initiative<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>3 positions and $500,000 in revolving or federal funds for <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Research and Innovation Initiative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Reduce $50,000,000 in appropriation for personnel at <abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Increase appropriation by  $50,000,000 for repairs and maintenance at <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>3 positions and $253,116 for mental health services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, much of the university&#8217;s modest request is not accommodated in either the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/house.aspx\">House<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/senate.aspx\">Senate<\/a> version of the budget. It is also clear that the Senate is more supportive of the university&#8217;s overall request than the House. The same is also true for funding support of capital projects.<\/p>\n<p>The major capital concern at <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> has been addressing the tremendous amount of deferred maintenance that exists throughout every campus in the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> System. The university had asked for general fund (via general obligation bonds) support for $184.9 million in capital projects. The capital budget that will also be discussed in conference committee similarly mirrors the support in the operating portion of the budget.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"budget-1-4\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"first-head\">\n<th class=\"first-head\" colspan=\"4\" scope=\"col\">Capital Budget Proposals Comparison (<abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\">Campus<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\">糖心视频 Request<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\">House Draft<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"column-header\">Senate Draft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$2,500,000 for design of Snyder Hall<\/td>\n<td>$2,500,000 for design of Snyder Hall<\/td>\n<td>$55,000,000 for a new Life Sciences Building to replace Snyder Hall that includes $20,000,000 from a current appropriation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$2,000,000 for design of Dean Hall renovation<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>Authorization to expend $5,750,000 in <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> bond proceeds at <abbr title=\"John A. Burns School of Medicine\">JABSOM<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>Authorization to expend $5,750,000 in <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> bond proceeds at <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频WO<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$38,800,000 for Creative Media Facility at <abbr>糖心视频WO<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>$38,800,000 for Creative Media Facility at <abbr>糖心视频WO<\/abbr> contingent upon <abbr title=\"Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism\">DBEDT<\/abbr> as the expending authority<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$10,000,000 for minor <abbr title=\"Capital Improvement Program\">CIP<\/abbr> at <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<td>$10,000,000 for minor <abbr>CIP<\/abbr> at <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Community Colleges <\/td>\n<td>$10,000,000 for minor <abbr>CIP<\/abbr> at <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>System<\/td>\n<td>$300,000 for <abbr>CIP<\/abbr> staffing<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>System<\/td>\n<td>$131,300,000 lump sum for <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> deferred maintenance and capital renewal<\/td>\n<td>$60,000,000 lump sum for <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> deferred maintenance and capital renewal throughout <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> System<\/td>\n<td>$48,625,000 lump sum for <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> deferred maintenance and capital renewal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>System<\/td>\n<td>Authority to issue up to $100,000,000 in <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> revenue bonds<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>Authority to issue up to $108,000,000 in <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> revenue bonds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$15,000,000 to renovate and repair athletic facilities at <abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$1,000,000 for repairs at Warrior Recreation Center at <abbr>糖心视频M<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$25,000,000 for deferred maintenance and capital renewal projects at <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<td>$15,000,000 for deferred maintenance and capital renewal projects at <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$2,000,000 for culinary arts program at <span lang=\"haw\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>$2,000,000 for culinary arts program at <span lang=\"haw\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$32,000,000 for a High Technology Workforce Development Center at Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$1,405,000 for building and roof repairs at <span lang=\"haw\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$4,320,000 for a parking lot at Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$9,500,000 for renovations at North <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Education and Research Center (<span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>)<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><abbr>糖心视频CC<\/abbr><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$7,000,000 for Maui Food Innovation Center (<abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Maui College)<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deliberations in conference committee can still leave many changes ahead. Nothing is guaranteed from any of the budget versions. It does appear that there are many ideas and areas for increased support from the legislature. We will have to await the conclusion of the conference committee to more fully judge just how much support ends up materializing for the university. The amount of proposed funding to <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> is generally better than in recent years past so, that is encouraging. The <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Legislature is scheduled to adjourn on May 5, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalbert Young, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心视频<\/abbr> vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2016 legislative session to date.<\/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-45076","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\/45076","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=45076"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233023,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45076\/revisions\/233023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}