THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2817
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS.

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

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to repeal certain department of education annual reporting requirements that are no longer necessary.

SECTION 2. Section 302A-431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-431 Rules; reporting. (a) The board and the board of regents of the University of Hawaii may adopt necessary rules under chapter 91 to administer and implement sections 302A-430 and 302A-431, including the adoption of safety guidelines and safety inspection procedures of facilities where students are placed. The department and the University of Hawaii shall inspect each facility annually prior to the placement of students with these facilities.

(b) The [department and the] University of Hawaii shall submit a biennial report to the governor and the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session in the first year of each biennium that identifies the cost impacts to the State of providing workers' compensation coverage for University of Hawaii students under sections 302A-430 and 302A-440."

SECTION 3. Section 302A-1134, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) Any child who, while attending school, is found to be in possession of a firearm, shall be excluded from attending school for not less than one year. The due process procedures of chapter 19 of the Department of Education, Hawaii Administrative Rules, shall apply to any child who, while attending school, is alleged to be in possession of a firearm. The superintendent, on a case-by-case basis, may modify the exclusion of a child found to be in possession of a firearm while attending school. If a child is excluded from attending school, the superintendent shall ensure that substitute educational activities or other appropriate assistance shall be provided. [The superintendent shall submit to the United States Department of Education, the state board of education, and the legislature an annual report indicating the number of students excluded, the types of firearms found in their possession, and the schools from which they were excluded.]"

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 30, 2075.

Report Title:

Department of Education; Annual Reports

Description:

Repeals certain Department of Education annual reporting requirements. Takes effect 7/30/2075. (SD1)

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