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We are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of every student. To promote transparency, we provide annual reports on school discipline and the use of restraint. These reports give parents, families and the community a clear view of how discipline is being managed across our schools.

The data include important information about incidents of suspension and restraint, broken down by school, district and state levels. It helps us identify trends, maintain accountability, and work toward a positive and supportive school environment for all students. If you are looking to understand how discipline and restraint are tracked in schools, or want to know more about how we prioritize student safety, please see the reports below.

Reviewing the Discipline and Restraint Reports

Discipline and Restraint Reports for the following school years: 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 are located in the PDF files below. 

  • The “total” report represents incidents that occurred during school year 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022 and counts a student for each time they were involved in an incident that met the criteria for a data point (i.e., EL, SPED, in-school suspension, etc.).
  • The unduplicated report represents the number of students involved in an incident in school year: 2021–22, 2022-23 and 2023-24  and only counts them once for each data point (i.e., EL, SPED, in-school suspension, etc.) they have met. 
  • The unduplicated numbers may be lower than the total numbers as a student may be involved in an incident multiple times. 
  • Starting with school year 2023–24 the Department’s annual report is consolidated into a single pdf file including separate tables for total incidents and unduplicated student numbers.

Privacy Note: If the number of students in a specific group is 10 or fewer, the data are hidden to protect their privacy.
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Schools: Students from CEP schools might not be counted in the low-income category.

Data Differences: The numbers in these reports might not match other suspension data from the Department due to differences in definitions or reporting methods.

Discipline Data Counts

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Restraints Data Counts

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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms 

Alt ED — “Alternative educational program” means an educational program, in a non-school setting other than homeschooling, which addresses the standards identified in the Hawaiʻi Content and Performance Standards.

CEP — The Community Eligibility Provision is a non-pricing meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas. CEP allows the highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students at the specific school without collecting household applications. Schools that adopt CEP are reimbursed using a formula based on the percentage of students categorically eligible for free meals based on their participation in other specific programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).  School districts have the option of utilizing the CEP factor for a maximum of four(4) years or they can review their factor at any time to readjust the reimbursement percentage.

Khu phức hợp — The administrative unit that includes one or more complexes as designated by the Department.

Disciplinary Action — Imposed upon a student who is found to be in violation of HAR Chapter 19. Examples include, but not limited to: correction and conference with student, detention, crisis removal, loss of privileges, suspension, parent conferences, time in office, etc.

Dismissal — The removal of a student from Hawaiʻi public schools for the remainder of the school year or for a period of not less than one calendar year for firearm violations.

District — An officially marked area that designates which school students can attend. 

DOE — The Department of Education.

EL — English Learners or non-native English speakers who are learning English.

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) — Law ensuring free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities.

In-School Suspension — A student is temporarily removed from his/her school program for disciplinary purposes but remains under the direct supervision of school personnel to complete instructional work. 

Low Income — For National School Lunch purposes low income students are defined as those whose family income was at or below 135 (reduced) and 185 (Free) percent of the federally established poverty level for their family size.  The term  “Income,”  used in the NSLP/SBP program is defined as  income before any deductions such as income taxes, Social Security taxes, insurance premiums, charitable contributions, and bonds. 

Restraint — A “physical restraint” is the use of physical force that restricts the student’s ability to move his/her arms, legs, or head freely.  The purpose of a “physical restraint” is to manage dangerous behaviors to prevent a student from causing substantial property damage, self-harm or injury to others in the environment.

Mục 504 — A civil rights law that ensures that a student with a disability has equal access to an education. Section 504 entitles students to free and appropriate public education by providing a reasonable accommodation or modification for eligible students who are found to be “qualified disabled persons” under Section 504.

Suppression Rules

  • As mandated in HRS §302A-1004, values where the number of students are ten or fewer, shall be redacted, and applicable values will be replaced on the report with “n/a”.

Recommended guidance under the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA), allows the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education to redact portions of the report group totals of multiple students, as a means of preventing disclosure of individuals.  Applicable values will be replaced on the report with “*”.

Suspension — Exclusion from school for a specific period during a school year.

Unduplicated student — A student is counted only once for each category.   

For instance, unduplicated student records would only count each student once, regardless of how many times they were suspended:

  • Student A: Suspended 3 times
  • Student B: Suspended 2 times
  • Student C: Suspended 1 time

In this case, there are 6 incidents (3 + 2 + 1) involving only 3 unduplicated students counted, Student A, B, & C.

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