RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Education

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Sponsor: TEMPLO
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how schools should train staff on these procedures.

Rules for Sharing Information About Bullying

This bill requires the Department of Education to share information about bullying procedures with students, parents, principals, teachers, and staff.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Education to provide details on how schools handle bullying.
Tells principals, teachers, and staff to give this information to students in different ways.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Education
Principals, teachers, and staff in schools
Students and their parents

Terms To Know

Bullying Procedures: Steps to identify, report, respond to bullying, and provide comfort and safety for victims.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how schools should train staff on these procedures.
It is unclear if the bill will be passed in its current form or with changes.
The effective date of July 1, 2025, applies only if the bill becomes law.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-02-13 H
The committee(s) on EDN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2025-02-11 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-27 H
Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 4
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-22 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO EDUCATION.
DOE; Bullying Procedures; Dissemination of Information
Requires the Department of Education to provide and disseminate its procedures for dealing with bullying. Requires principals, teachers, and staff to disseminate the Department's bullying procedures to students. Defines bullying procedures.

Current Bill Text

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HB1210

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1210

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to education
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The purpose of this Act is to inform members
of the public school system on bullying by requiring:

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The department of
education to provide and disseminate information on its bullying procedures;
and

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Principals,
teachers, and staff to disseminate this information to students.

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SECTION 2.
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Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as
follows:

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Bullying; information.
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(a)
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The department shall provide students, parents, principals, teachers,
staff,
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and the general public with its
bullying procedures.

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(b)
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Principals,
teachers, and staff shall disseminate the department's bullying procedures to
students in various forms, including posting the information in a prominent
place at school and at school functions.

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(c)
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For the purposes of this section, "bullying procedures" means
procedures to:

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Identify,
report, and respond to bullying; and

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Provide comfort
and safety to a person who is a victim of bullying.

"Bullying
procedures" does not include training to medically treat a person
suffering from a mental health condition as a result of being bullied.
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SECTION 3.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOE;
Bullying Procedures; Dissemination of Information

Description:

Requires
the Department of Education to provide and disseminate its procedures for
dealing with bullying.
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Requires
principals, teachers, and staff to disseminate the Department's bullying
procedures to students.
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Defines bullying
procedures.

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