Title 18, Education

[§304A-1005] University general counsel. (a) The board of regents may appoint or retain by contract one or more attorneys who are independent of the attorney general, to provide legal services for the university, including: The board of regents may fix the compensation of the att…

[§304A-1006] Compensation of education laboratory school cafeteria personnel. The compensation of all cafeteria workers and the cafeteria manager at the education laboratory school cafeteria, or any successor organization or unit, shall be paid out of the general fund of the Stat…

PART I. SYSTEM STRUCTURE A. General and Administrative Provisions [§304A-101] Establishment; available to all. There shall be a University of Hawaii that shall consist of such colleges and departments as may from time to time be established. As used in this chapter, "university" …

[§304A-102] Purposes of the university. The purposes of the university are to give thorough instruction and conduct research in, and disseminate knowledge of, agriculture, mechanic arts, mathematical, physical, natural, economic, political, and social sciences, languages, literat…

[§304A-103] University to be public corporation; general powers. The University of Hawaii is established as the state university and is constituted as a body corporate. The university, under the direction of the board of regents, shall have the following general powers:

§304A-104 Regents; appointment; tenure; qualifications; meetings. (a) The affairs of the university shall be under the general management and control of the board of regents. The board shall consist of eleven members who shall be appointed by the governor from lists of qualified …

[§304A-104.6] Candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. (a) The candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall recruit, evaluate, and present to the governor qualified candidates for nomination to a vac…

§304A-105 Powers of regents; official name. (a) The board of regents shall have management and control of the general affairs, and exclusive jurisdiction over the internal structure, management, and operation of the university. The board may: All lands, buildings, appliances, and…

[§304A-106] Gifts; investment authority. (a) The board of regents may receive, manage, and invest moneys or other property, real, personal, or mixed, which may be given, bequeathed, devised, or in any manner received from sources other than the legislature or any federal appropri…

[§304A-107] Loans; advances. The university may borrow, from time to time from the state treasury, sums that in the aggregate shall not exceed $100,000, and the director of finance may make the loans to the university, without interest; provided that the loans shall be repaid wit…

§304A-108 Suits. (a) The university may sue and be sued in its corporate name. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all claims arising out of the acts or omissions of the university or the members of its board of regents, its officers, or its employees, including claims…

[§304A-109] Service of process. (a) Service of process upon the university shall be made by serving a filed and certified copy of the summons and of the complaint on the university general counsel in accordance with applicable court rules and chapter 634 or on any attorney in the…

[§304A-110] Indemnification. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of regents may agree in writing to an indemnity provision by which the university agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless any person, corporation, or entity that sponsors research at …

PART IV. DIVISIONS, DEPARTMENTS, AND PROGRAMS A. Community Colleges [1. General Provisions] [§304A-1101] System of community colleges; purpose. (a) The board of regents shall develop and administer a system of community colleges. (b) The purposes of community colleges shall be to…

[§304A-1102] Powers of board. The board of regents shall have authority to establish and govern community colleges. The board shall have the same powers with respect to the community colleges that it has as to the university in general. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2]

[§304A-111] Indemnification of collaborating institutions. (a) The board of regents may indemnify collaborating institutions from claims arising against them for the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the university's officers, employees, and agents in the course of their e…

[§304A-112] Contracts for services provided by the research corporation of the University of Hawaii. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when the university determines that neither the university nor another state agency can more effectively or efficiently accomplish the…

[§304A-113] Commercial enterprises. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the university may engage in commercial enterprises that are related and incidental to the primary purposes of the university as set forth in this chapter, including but not limited to sponsorship of pri…

[§304A-114] Hawaii history. The board of regents shall secure the compilation from all available sources and the publication of a revised history of the Hawaiian people; which history, however, shall not be published until after it has been approved either by the legislature or b…

[2.] Construction Academy [§304A-1141] Purpose. The purpose of the construction academy is to develop student interest in the construction industry and to build a foundation for general construction skills that prepares students at the pre-apprenticeship level for more in-depth p…

[§304A‑1142] Program; establishment. There is established within the community college system a construction academy pre-apprenticeship program to meet the critical shortfalls in qualified construction labor projected over the next decade. [L 2006, c 234, pt of §2]

[§304A-1143] Administration. The community college system may plan and administer the construction academy under this [subdivision] with the advice of the workforce development council, the department of education, and the construction industry. [L 2006, c 234, pt of §2]

[§304A-115] Depository of war records. The university is designated as the official depository of material, documents, photographs, and other data relating to Hawaii's part in the war between the United States and Germany, Japan, and Italy. The university shall secure, collect, a…

§304A-116 Child care programs. (a) The university may establish child care programs through which one or more child care programs for each campus of the university system may be established. The university may operate each child care program with appointed personnel, who are not …

[§304A-117] Participation and membership in the Western Governors University and other educational consortia. The board of regents may participate in and perform any act related to membership in an educational consortium involving other institutions or jurisdictions that advances…

[§304A-118] Graduation pathway system. (a) The university shall provide guidance to students to increase the rate of on-time graduation. In providing such guidance, the university shall develop a graduation pathway system to direct students toward appropriate options to complete …

[§304A-119] University of Hawaii; net-zero energy goal. (a) The University of Hawaii shall establish a collective goal of becoming net-zero with respect to energy use, producing as much energy as the system consumes across all campuses, by January 1, 2035. (b) The University of H…

§304A-120 Campus safety and accountability. (a) The University of Hawaii shall: (b) All University of Hawaii faculty members are designated as "responsible employees" under Public Law 92-318, Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, and shall report any v…

B. [Teacher Education: College] [§304A-1201] College of education. The college of education shall be affiliated with the university and shall be under the jurisdiction and management of the board of regents. The board may grant appropriate degrees to properly qualified graduates …

§304A-1202 Teacher education coordinating committee. (a) There is created an advisory committee to be known as the teacher education coordinating committee to identify, study, take action, or make recommendations on matters of education of common interest to the department of edu…

§304A-121 Technology transfer; reporting. The board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall submit a written report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session regarding:

[§304A-122] Smoking and tobacco use prohibited; University of Hawaii premises. (a) Notwithstanding chapter 328J to the contrary, the University of Hawaii shall prohibit smoking and tobacco use by any person on University of Hawaii premises, to the extent that such a prohibition i…

C. Hawaiian Language College [§304A-1301] Hawaiian language college; establishment. There shall be a Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The college shall provide a Hawaiian liberal education program providing education primarily through the Hawaiian la…

[§304A-1302] Functions. In addition to providing a quality education primarily through the medium of the Hawaiian language, the Hawaiian language college shall:

D. School of Law [§304A-1351] Law school; establishment. There shall be a school of law at the University of Hawaii, to be under the direction of a dean or director who shall be appointed by the president with the approval of the board of regents. Subject to the availability of f…

[§304A-1352] Procurement institute; established. There is established the procurement institute at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, to be under the direction of a director who shall be appointed by the dean of the school of law, with the approval of …

E. Nursing and Dental Hygiene: School; Center [§304A-1401] School of nursing and dental hygiene; establishment. There shall be a school of nursing and dental hygiene as a department of the university, with such management, faculty, and other personnel as the board of regents may …

[§304A-1402] School of nursing and dental hygiene; functions. The school of nursing and dental hygiene shall conduct a complete course in nursing leading to the conferring of an appropriate bachelor's degree upon graduation therefrom and sufficient to qualify its graduates as reg…

[§304A-1403] Clinical training and practice; board of regents; power to contract. The board of regents may enter into contracts with any hospital or similar institution, in the State, for the purpose of arranging for clinical training and practice therein for students of the scho…

§304A-1404 Center for nursing; establishment; advisory board. (a) There is established, within the University of Hawaii school of nursing and dental hygiene, a center for nursing. (b) The dean of the school of nursing and dental hygiene, or the dean's designee, shall direct the a…

§304A-1405 Advisory board for the center for nursing; powers and duties. The advisory board for the center for nursing shall have the powers and duty to:

[§304A-1406] Center for nursing; functions. The center for nursing shall:

[§304A-1407] Collaboration with the center for nursing. The University of Hawaii school of nursing and dental hygiene, the state board of nursing, other schools of nursing within the State, professional nursing organizations, employers in the healthcare industry, and labor unions…

F. Hawaii Geophysics and Planetology Institute [§304A-1501] Hawaii geophysics and planetology institute; director and staff. [(a)] There shall be a Hawaii geophysics and planetology institute at the university. The institute shall be administered by a director to be appointed by …

[§304A-1502] State geophysicists. [(a)] The staff of the geophysics and planetology institute shall include a specialist qualified in geology and a specialist qualified in volcanology, or a specialist qualified in both fields (to be designated as state geologist and state volcano…

[§304A-1503] Encouragement of federal assistance. The governor, the president, and the board of regents are authorized and requested to take any appropriate action to secure federal assistance in strengthening the geophysics and planetology institute. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2]