HI SR138

Urges law enforcement agencies to monitor parks and other areas near schools during school hours to identify and detect individuals who may be students

Calls for enforcement of Hawaii's state truancy law (HRS section 302A-1132), which requires children ages 5-18 to attend school

Notes that truancy is a warning sign for delinquent activity, social isolation, educational failure, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and dropping out of school

States that high school dropouts cost the government more than $200,000 per person over a lifetime in government-funded social services

Requires certified copies of the resolution be sent to the Superintendent of Education and chiefs of police of each county