S.C.R. NO. 38 Summary

• Urges the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii not to raise student fees to cover the Athletics Department's $2,000,000 budget deficit or any other department's budget shortfalls.

• Notes that University of Hawaii students already pay a mandatory $50 per semester fee that contributes $1,400,000 annually to the Athletics Department.

• Requires that any future student fee increases be based on objective criteria or appropriate formulas rather than arbitrary amounts determined by the University.

• Mandates that if student fees are raised to balance departmental budgets, those fees must be reduced accordingly once the budgets are balanced.

• Directs certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Board of Regents Chairperson, University of Hawaii System President, and campus chancellors.