Bill Text: HI SB2576 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-19 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 802). [SB2576 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2576-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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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. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to part VI to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302A- Emergency preparedness; safety and security. To ensure the safety of students, teachers, and school staff, by January 1, 2019, all classroom doors shall be equipped with an interior lock.
§302A- Emergency management plan; emergency
preparedness. (a) The department may establish an emergency management plan for all schools to
prepare for and respond to an emergency or a disaster as defined in section
127A-2. Emergency management plans shall
be updated on an annual basis and shall include:
(1) Mandatory
emergency preparedness training for all teachers, students, and school staff
that includes:
(A) Annual
training for all teachers and staff on violence prevention, awareness,
reporting, and emergency response conducted in conjunction with law enforcement
and aligned with best practices;
(B) Annual,
age-appropriate training for all students on violence prevention, awareness,
reporting, and emergency response that is aligned with best practices;
(C) Teacher,
staff, and student training on the protocol for initiating an emergency
response;
(D) Teacher,
staff, and student training on a standardized emergency response protocol; and
(E) Basic
safety training such as first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation for all
teachers and security personnel; and
(2)
emergency practice drills per year at each school, some of which shall occur
during inopportune times of the school day such as recess or during a school
assembly.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "law
enforcement" means sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, or police officers."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to install interior locks on all classroom doors in department of education schools.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Department of Education; School Safety; School Security; Emergency Preparedness; Emergency Management Plan
Description:
Requires the Department of Education to equip all classroom doors with interior locks by January 1, 2019. Authorizes the Department of Education to establish an emergency management plan for all schools to prepare for and respond to an emergency or a disaster. Appropriates funds to install interior locks on all classroom doors in Department of Education schools. (SB2576 HD1)
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