STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 555-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 2482
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2482, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2024:
(A) Require public schools and public charter schools to have at least one employee trained to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure rescue medication or electrical stimulation using a vagus nerve stimulator magnet, except under certain circumstances;
(B) Require all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform an annual self-study review of seizure disorder materials; and
(C) Require the Department of Education and public charter schools to establish a seizure action plan for every student diagnosed with a seizure disorder and distribute the plan to employees charged with supervising or caring for the student; and
(2) Appropriate funds to the Department of Education for training of employees to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure rescue medication at public schools and public charter schools.
Your Committee finds that this measure will ensure that proper seizure first aid is available to students while they are in school helping to keep them safe and minimize disruption to their learning. Your Committee further finds that the Department of Education testified that it already has certain policies and procedures in place that facilitate continuity of care while a student is at school. Per the Department of Education's testimony, this includes students whose chronic health condition involves seizures.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Allowing, rather than requiring:
(A) Public schools and public charter schools to have at least one employee trained to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure rescue medication or electrical stimulation;
(B) All principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform an annual self-study review of seizure disorder materials; and
(C) The establishment of a seizure action plan for every public school student and public charter school student diagnosed with a seizure disorder;
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and 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. 2482, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2482, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair |
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