H.B. 1587 Summary

• Requires the Public Access Room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education

• Directs the Department of Education and University of Hawaii to assign staff to coordinate with the Public Access Room on the outreach and engagement program

• Establishes two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) permanent civic education resource teacher positions within the Department of Education

• Appropriates funds to the Legislative Reference Bureau for two full-time equivalent positions within the Public Access Room to support the outreach program

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for expansion of civic education in public schools, including professional development, classroom resources for Hawaii core standards in social studies, and the two resource teacher positions