HI SR54

Urges the Board of Education and Department of Education to rename President William McKinley High School back to Honolulu High School, its original name established in 1865.

Requests removal of the William McKinley statue from the school premises, characterizing it as a symbol perpetuating subjugation of Native Hawaiians and reinforcing claims of U.S. legitimacy in the Hawaiian islands.

Cites historical opposition to annexation, noting that 80 percent of the adult population signed the Kūʻe Petitions against annexation in 1897, and references the 1993 federal "Apology Resolution" acknowledging Native Hawaiians never relinquished sovereignty claims.

References McKinley's role in signing the Newlands Resolution (July 6, 1898) and the Curtis Act of 1898, arguing these actions constituted illegal occupation and harm to Native Americans and indigenous peoples.

Requests that curricula include content on historical injustice and discrimination endured by Hawaii's indigenous people, and directs certified copies be sent to Congressional delegation, Governor, Board of Education, and other officials.