S.R. 180 Summary

• Board of Education is requested to adopt a policy relating to community schools to guide expansion of such programs throughout Hawaii

• Community schools should provide integrated student supports, expanded learning opportunities, active family engagement, and collaborative leadership to address barriers like housing instability, inadequate healthcare, hunger, trauma, and violence exposure

• Department of Education is urged to use the adopted policy to expand community schools programs to additional school campuses, particularly in remote, rural, and economically disadvantaged areas

• Research indicates community school interventions improve student attendance, academic achievement, and graduation rates while aligning with the Department's Nā Hopena A'o Framework and Hawaii's Consolidated State Plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act

• Certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education and Superintendent of Education