Bill Text: HI HB2577 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-22 - Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). [HB2577 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2577-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 4, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, is amended by amending section 1 to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. [(a)]
The department of health may require the department of education
[shall publish a weekly] to report on [schools that have a
student, staff member, or affiliated individual who has tested positive for]
coronavirus disease 2019 [(COVID-19).
The report shall include:
(1) The school's
name;
(2) The date the
COVID-19 positive test result was reported to the school; and
(3) The date that
the positively tested individual was last on the school campus.
(b) The report shall be published weekly
commencing after July 1, 2021, on the department of education's website.] potential
outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a
manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the
department of health. The department of
health shall not require the department of education to include in any report
personally identifiable information or education records, as provided in title
20 United States Code section 1232g and title 34 Code of Federal Regulations
section 99.3; provided that the department of education may provide personally
identifiable information only after the department of education has determined
that a health or safety emergency exists."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
DOH; DOE; COVID-19; Public Health Emergencies; Schools; FERPA; Personally Identifiable Information
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the Department of Health. Repeals the requirement to publish the report on the Department of Education's website. Prohibits the Department of Health from requiring the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information in any report pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Authorizes the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information only after it has determined that a health or safety emergency exists. (SD1)
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