HCR 93 Summary

• Encourages the Hawaii Department of Education to integrate the political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities into the state's social studies curriculum from kindergarten through twelfth grade.

• Directs the Department to provide resources and training to educators and schools to implement age-appropriate content about persons with disabilities across all grade levels.

• Requires the Department to prohibit textbook and instructional materials that perpetuate discriminatory stereotypes about persons with disabilities and adopt materials that fairly portray them.

• Addresses bullying and harassment of students with disabilities by encouraging the Department to discourage discrimination toward persons with disabilities in public schools and at school functions.

• Cites federal census data showing 19 percent of the nation's population has a disability and references California's FAIR Education Act as a model for similar curriculum requirements.