HI HB2703

Establishes a pilot program within the Hawaii state fusion center to prevent targeted school violence through school-level and larger-scale interdisciplinary threat assessment teams.

Pilot program shall include one elementary school, one middle or intermediate school, and one high school from the Department of Education that are geographically and socially related, with possible inclusion of one independent school, one public charter school, and one institution of higher education.

Appropriates funds to the state Department of Defense for a statewide anonymous reporting mechanism, database to track school threats and violence, social media analysis tools, and 4.0 full-time equivalent positions (3 analysts and 1 program manager).

Program shall provide training to the general public and advanced training to threat assessment team members on prevention, threat assessment, and intervention strategies for targeted school violence.

Pilot program takes effect July 1, 2020 (appropriations), becomes effective July 1, 2055, and is repealed June 30, 2024; requires legislative reports prior to regular sessions of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.