Bill Text: HI SCR117 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Education, State Public Charter School Commission, And Each County's Police Commission To Collaborate And Develop Governing Protocols Regarding Student Discipline And Police Involvement On School Campuses.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-16 - Referred to EDU/PSM. [SCR117 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SCR117-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
urging the department of education, state public charter school commission, and each county's police commission to collaborate and develop governing protocols regarding student discipline and police involvement on school campuses.
WHEREAS, Hawaii is unique in being the only state with a single unified school district; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Education, State Public Charter School Commission, and each county's police commission lack clear guidelines regarding student discipline and police involvement on school campuses; and
WHEREAS, the recent police confinement and arrest of a ten-year old African American girl with disabilities at Mililani Elementary School for an offensive and threatening drawing demonstrates the problems that can arise from the lack of clear guidelines; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the United States Department of Justice recommended that governing protocols, such as a memorandum of understanding, be established by school districts and police departments to distinguish between student disciplinary misconduct and criminal offenses, and to promote problem-solving policing rather than simply responding to incidents as they occur on campus; and
WHEREAS, nationwide studies demonstrate that school districts that implement governing protocols with police departments experience forty to seventy percent decreases in student suspensions, expulsions, and arrests, as well as significant increases in student graduation rates; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education, State Public Charter School Commission, and each county's police commission are urged to collaborate and develop, no later than August 1, 2022, a memorandum of understanding and other governing protocols, with input and collaboration from child development and justice experts, to:
(1) Identify and outline when and how school administrators are to address unacceptable school conduct with available school resources, including counselors, student-teacher response teams, administrators, and security guards;
(2) Identify and outline when and how police are to be called onto school campus, considering the police's roles for different circumstances;
(3) Identify and outline when and how police are to interact with students in different age categories of elementary school, middle or intermediate school, and high school, including procedures for questioning students, searching for students, filing a citation or complaint against students, arresting students, and notifying students' parents; and
(4) Encourage the implementation of restorative justice programs in schools that have proven successful in addressing the needs of victims, holding perpetrators accountable, and educating and empowering bystanders; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Department of Education is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education, Executive Director of the State Public Charter School Commission, and each county's police commission.
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Public Schools; Police; Governing Protocols
