REPORT TITLE:
Student Records


DESCRIPTION:
Adds a new section providing protection from suit to any school
for disclosure of records regarding a student's dangerous conduct
affecting others.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOL RECORDS.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 663, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§663-    Disclosure of school records; dangerous conduct
 
 5 and disciplinary actions; no liability or lawsuits.  A public or
 
 6 private school, grade kindergarten through twelve, or a school
 
 7 official, shall have absolute immunity from liability and
 
 8 lawsuits when, in good faith and with a legitimate educational
 
 9 interest, the public or private school or school official
 
10 provides information to another school or school official
 
11 regarding a student's dangerous conduct affecting others and any
 
12 disciplinary action taken as a result of any such conduct."
 
13      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.