Hawaii 2023 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HCR53 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 53 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the department of education to create a priority list for repairing public school fire alarm systems.
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 53
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31	31	RESOLUTION
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37	37	urging the department of education to create a priority list for repairing public school fire alarm systems.
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45	45	WHEREAS, properly functioning fire alarm systems are essential for public school safety; and WHEREAS, the impact of fires is significantly worsened for aging facilities; and WHEREAS, as of 2022, the average age of public school buildings in Hawaii is seventy-two years, according to the Department of Education; and WHEREAS, approximately twenty percent of Hawaii's two hundred fifty-seven public schools are more than one hundred years old; and WHEREAS, the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code, commonly known as NFPA 101, requires schools to have functioning fire alarm systems; and WHEREAS, in 2017, the Department of Education acknowledged that King Intermediate School in Kaneohe had not had a working fire alarm system for seven years; and WHEREAS, in 2022, teachers at Konawaena Elementary School on Hawaii Island reported that the school's fire alarm system has been out of service for two years; and WHEREAS, a fire broke out at Konawaena Elementary shortly after the school's fire alarm system became inoperative in 2020; and WHEREAS, properly functioning fire alarms can be the difference between life and death should a fire break out at a public school; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is urged to create a priority list for repairing public school fire alarm systems; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Department of Education is requested to provide the priority list, along with a timeline for completing repairs, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2024; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Superintendent of Education, and Chairperson of the Board of Education. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: DOE; Public Schools; Fire Alarm Systems; Repairs; Priority List
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47	47	WHEREAS, properly functioning fire alarm systems are essential for public school safety; and
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51	51	WHEREAS, the impact of fires is significantly worsened for aging facilities; and
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55	55	WHEREAS, as of 2022, the average age of public school buildings in Hawaii is seventy-two years, according to the Department of Education; and
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59	59	WHEREAS, approximately twenty percent of Hawaii's two hundred fifty-seven public schools are more than one hundred years old; and
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63	63	WHEREAS, the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code, commonly known as NFPA 101, requires schools to have functioning fire alarm systems; and
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67	67	WHEREAS, in 2017, the Department of Education acknowledged that King Intermediate School in Kaneohe had not had a working fire alarm system for seven years; and
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71	71	WHEREAS, in 2022, teachers at Konawaena Elementary School on Hawaii Island reported that the school's fire alarm system has been out of service for two years; and
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75	75	WHEREAS, a fire broke out at Konawaena Elementary shortly after the school's fire alarm system became inoperative in 2020; and
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79	79	WHEREAS, properly functioning fire alarms can be the difference between life and death should a fire break out at a public school; now, therefore,
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83	83	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is urged to create a priority list for repairing public school fire alarm systems; and
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87	87	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Department of Education is requested to provide the priority list, along with a timeline for completing repairs, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2024; and
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91	91	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Superintendent of Education, and Chairperson of the Board of Education.
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99	99	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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113	113	DOE; Public Schools; Fire Alarm Systems; Repairs; Priority List