S.C.R. No. 160 Summary

• Requests the Department of Education to create a landscape management plan with goals to increase tree canopies on public school grounds statewide.

• Plan should document existing inventory and talent within the department related to landscaping and tree management.

• Plan should identify additional resources required to implement and sustain increased tree canopy initiatives across school campuses.

• Identifies trees as a method to lower temperatures on school grounds through shade and transpiration, improving outdoor learning conditions as average temperatures in Hawaii have increased over two degrees since 1950.

• Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education and Chairperson of the Board of Education.