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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the board of education to maintain, monitor, and enforce anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, anti-harassment, and anti-discrimination policies and procedures to protect public and charter school students.
WHEREAS, all students have the right to participate fully in the education process, free from bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, and discrimination; and
WHEREAS, a safe and civil environment in school is necessary for students to learn and to meet high academic standards; and
WHEREAS, bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, and discrimination, like other disruptive or violent behaviors, are forms of conduct that disrupt a student's ability to learn and a school's ability to educate its students in a safe environment; and
WHEREAS, because students learn by example, school administrators, faculty, staff, volunteers, and third party contractors and hires should be expected to demonstrate appropriate behavior, treat others with civility and respect, and refuse to tolerate bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, and discrimination; and
WHEREAS, the State has a responsibility to provide a safe and respectful learning environment in which all members of the school community, no matter their differing beliefs, characteristics, and backgrounds, are treated with dignity and respect, in order to realize their full potential; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2013, the Senate concurring, that the Board of Education is requested to maintain, monitor, and enforce anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, anti-harassment, and anti-discrimination policies and procedures to protect public and charter school students; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Education is requested to ensure that all anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, anti-harassment, and anti-discrimination polices apply to:
(1) Conduct occurring on all public and charter elementary and secondary school premises, at all public school-sponsored functions or activities, at all charter school-sponsored functions or activities, on public school-sponsored transportation, and on charter school-sponsored transportation; and
(2) Electronic technology usage and electronic communications that occur on all public and charter elementary and secondary school premises; at all public school-sponsored functions or activities; at all charter school-sponsored functions or activities; on public school-sponsored transportation; on charter school-sponsored transportation; on public school computers, networks, forums, and mailing lists; and on charter school computers, networks, forums, and mailing lists; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Education report to this body on the status of its anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, anti-harassment, and anti-discrimination policies for public and charter schools, along with any findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2014; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, Chairperson of the State Public Charter School, and Executive Director of the Charter School Administrative Office.
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OFFERED BY: |
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Education; Anti-bullying; Anti-Cyberbullying; Anti-harassment; Anti-discrimination; Board of Education