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HI HCR138
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/11/2022
Primary Sponsor
Amy Perruso
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AI Summary
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Request Department of Education to form a student-led working group to address active inclusion of diverse identities in sexual health education and teach culturally responsive ideas around mutual respect in relationships.
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Working group composition includes student advocates from Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs, O'ahu Teen Council, and TeenLink Hawai'i; cultural experts including those from the Office of Hawaiian Education; sexual health education experts; and invested teachers.
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Working group directed to submit recommendations to the Department of Education regarding teacher training, student curriculum, and other materials or programs necessary to fulfill its goals.
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Emphasize the Hawaiian principle of "aloha kekahi i kekahi" (loving, honoring, and respecting each other) as the framing concept for addressing diverse sexual identities and gender expressions in education.
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Certified copies to be transmitted to the Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Education, and Interim Superintendent of Education.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Department Of Education To Create A Student-led Working Group To Address The Need For Active Inclusion Of Diverse Identities Within And Beyond Sexual Health Education, To Teach Culturally Responsive Ideas Around Mutual Respect In Relationships, And To Find Sites Of Potential Active Inclusion Of These Identities In Sexual Health Curricula, All Within The Framing Principles Of Aloha Kekahi I Kekahi.
Working Group
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, McDermott, Okimoto, Ward voting no (4) and Representative(s) Eli, Hashem, D. Kobayashi, Ohno excused (4).
3/31/2022