Loading chat...

HI SCR64

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

4/27/2018

Primary Sponsor

Michelle Kidani

Click for details

Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests federal funding to place school resource officers (career law enforcement officers with sworn authority) in every middle, intermediate, and high school in Hawaii that requests them.

  • Cites recent school shootings in Parkland, Florida (17 killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School) and Benton, Kentucky (2 killed at Marshall County High School) as justification for enhanced school safety measures.

  • Identifies the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services as a potential grant source for creating school resource officer positions.

  • Notes that the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released the Safe, School-based Enforcement through Collaboration, Understanding, and Respect Rubrics in 2016 to help agencies improve school safety policies and student outcomes.

  • Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to members of Hawaii's congressional delegation.

Legislative Description

Requesting Federal Funding To Provide School Resource Officers In Every Middle Or Intermediate School And High School In The State That Requests School Resource Officers.

Federal Funding

Last Action

Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Adopted (Sen. Com. No. 847).

4/27/2018

Committee Referrals

Finance4/16/2018
Education4/10/2018
Ways and Means3/28/2018
Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs3/14/2018

Full Bill Text

No bill text available