Requires the Department of Education to establish a Bullying Prevention and Response Action Plan. Requires the Board of Education or Department of Education to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the Action Plan and reported incidents of alleged bullying and harassment.
Extends the sunset date for Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, authorizing certain incentives and actions by the Department of Transportation regarding electric vehicles.
Appropriates moneys into and out of the Hawaii educator loan program revolving fund to provide loans for students who are completing a state-approved teacher education program and who agree to teach in a hard-to-fill position in the public school system or at a public school located in a rural area of the State.
Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to include digital content blocking capability that renders inaccessible human trafficking websites, child pornography, revenge pornography, and other pornographic material. Allows consumers to request deactivation of the blocking capability if the consumer fulfills certain requirements, including payment of a digital access fee that is deposited into the human trafficking victim services fund. Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to establish and maintain a reporting system for content that is improperly blocked and pornographic content that the blocking capability fails to block. Establishes the misdemeanor offense of failure to include digital content blocking capability.
Requires that high school students complete a health class. Requires teacher and principal training to include suicide prevention. Allows the training to be conducted through self-review.
Provides that, for counties with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopt a county surcharge on state tax ordinance, no less than 50% of the revenues shall be used for public transportation systems and compliance with the ADA.
Requires the State Commission on the Status of Women to maintain a database on sex trafficking. Requires reports to the Legislature.
Establishes a presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release unless proven otherwise. Requires the consideration of nonfinancial conditions of release before bail is ordered.
Adds specific requirements to Hawaii's sexuality health education law. Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Department of Education and the Sexuality Health Education Working Group to provide curricula information to the public. Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction upon written request by a parent or guardian. Establishes the Sexuality Health Education Working Group.
Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology. Amends the composition of the board to include 2 school psychologists.
