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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.C.R. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the department of education to require counseling for anyone involved with bullying in school and possible EXPULSION for failure to comply therewith.
WHEREAS, there is a growing body of research on the prevalence of school bullying, the likelihood of school bullies developing antisocial behavior, and the effects of bullying on student victims; and
WHEREAS, a 2002 United States Secret Service report found that bullying played a major role in several school shootings on the mainland; and
WHEREAS, in Hawaii, three newspaper articles in The Honolulu Advertiser, dated February 5, June 28, and September 26, 2006, highlighted the problem of bullying in Hawaii's public schools; and
WHEREAS, bullying continues to be a problem in Hawaii's schools; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that counseling is an effective and common sense approach to addressing the issue of bullying in school; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to require counseling for anyone who engages in bullying and to consider expulsion for those who do not comply with counseling requirements; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Education.
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OFFERED BY: |
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Bullying in School; Counseling