HB 1651 Summary

• Educational workers cannot be required to work under conditions while being subjected to harassment as defined in section 711 of Hawaii Revised Statutes.

• Educational workers who seek judicial protection from harassment, including temporary restraining orders, are entitled to paid leave of reasonable duration to attend court proceedings.

• Department of Education and public charter schools must conduct formal investigations of all harassment incidents reported by educational workers and report incidents involving potential threats of physical harm to law enforcement within 48 hours.

• Department of Education and public charter schools must implement harassment handling procedures (distributed annually to employees and posted on websites), develop written emergency safety plans with worker input, assign one full-time employee to handle harassment claims, assist workers with legal costs including temporary restraining order service fees, and provide annual de-escalation and harassment handling training.

• Effective July 1, 3000.