STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3293
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.C.R. No. 64
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 64 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING FEDERAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN EVERY SCHOOL IN HAWAII,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request federal funding to provide school resource officers in every school in Hawaii.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i. Your Committees received comments on this measure from one individual.
Your Committees find that recent high-profile incidents of school violence involving firearms have highlighted the importance of ensuring the safety of Hawaii's students. School resource officers are career law enforcement officers with sworn authority responsible for safety and crime prevention in schools. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the United States Department of Justice offers grants to cities and counties for the purpose of creating law enforcement positions, including school resource officer positions. Requesting federal funding for school resource officers will allow schools in Hawaii to take steps to better ensure the safety of students and the security of the campus.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the request for federal funding is for every intermediate and high school in Hawaii that requests it; and
(2) Amending its title accordingly.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 64, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Education,
________________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair |
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________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair |
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