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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Bill Anderson and 5 co-sponsors

Urges Hawaii DOE to establish an annual Climate Week in all public schools, boosting climate education and student-led action; advisory, non-binding with no funding.

To Transportation and Infrastructure

Summary — HCR 87 (Concurrent Resolution)

Status: Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted between chambers.
Introduced: February 25, 2025
Primary sponsor: Representative Takayama
Subjects (metadata): Emergency siren; HIEMA; Pacific Palisades
Note on content discrepancy: The bill title/metadata requests installation of an emergency siren, but the full text provided for HCR 87 is a concurrent resolution urging the Department of Education to establish an annual Climate Week in public schools. This summary reflects the resolution text supplied. Verify the official enrolled resolution for final authoritative language.

Purpose / Intent

The resolution urges the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) to establish an annual statewide Climate Week in all public schools to increase climate awareness, provide climate education, and promote student participation in sustainability and climate action initiatives. It also seeks collaboration between DOE, environmental organizations, and policymakers to create interactive opportunities and support student-led climate initiatives.

Key provisions

Urges the Department of Education to establish an annual Climate Week in all public schools statewide.

Requests DOE collaborate with environmental organizations and policymakers to:

Develop interactive climate-action opportunities for students.
Support and enable student-led initiatives that lead to positive climate outcomes.

Directs that certified copies of the concurrent resolution be transmitted to:

The Governor
The Superintendent of Education
The Chairperson of the Board of Education

Who is affected

Primary: Hawaii Department of Education, public school students, teachers, and school administrators.

Secondary: Environmental organizations, policymakers, community partners, and school boards that could participate in or support Climate Week activities.

Note: As a concurrent resolution, the measure is advisory/expressive — it does not appropriate funds or create binding statutory obligations.

Procedural highlights / timeline

Filed: February 25, 2025.

Referred to committee(s): Culture, Recreation & Tourism; later Education (EDN) in the Senate.

Committee action: Reported from EDN recommending adoption (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1636). EDN recommended passage unamended (vote 7–0, with 4 excused).

House action: Adopted (with two Representatives recorded as voting no and three excused).

Transmitted to the Senate and later to the House per listed actions; final status shown as Report and Resolution Adopted and transmitted between chambers.

Related measures: Companion resolutions HR 81 and HR 73.

Limitations & impact

Non-binding: As a concurrent resolution, HCR 87 expresses legislative intent and urges action but does not mandate DOE to act or provide funding. Any implementation (e.g., curriculum, staffing, materials, events) would require DOE commitment and potentially appropriations or partnerships.

Practical impact depends on DOE uptake, availability of resources, and coordination with partners.

If you want, I can draft a short briefing memo for DOE implementation considerations (cost estimates, sample activities, partnership models) or verify whether the siren-installation title corresponds to a different measure.