Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 384, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the use of force by school personnel, when necessary, during school events or at a departmentally supervised off-campus activity.

Your Committee heard testimony in support of the measure from the Board of Education, Department of Education, and Honolulu Police Department.

Your Committee finds it necessary that school personnel be authorized to take reasonable, appropriate, and expeditious action when confronted with potentially dangerous situations or serious disciplinary situations, both on campus and at authorized school functions off-campus. School officials must be allowed to take immediate action to preserve order and discipline without having to wait for the police to arrive. The board shall promulgate appropriate policies that provide guidance to department personnel relating to when and under what conditions the use of force is permissible and specify appropriate training for designated employees and the timeline for the completion of training, as necessary.

Your Committee has set out section 703-309, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in full to comport with preferred drafting style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 384, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 384, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.