REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE ONE YEAR OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

This bill is a Senate Concurrent Resolution that requests the Hawaii Department of Education to make one year of Hawaiian language instruction a mandatory graduation requirement for all public school students. The resolution is based on the state's constitutional designation of Hawaiian as an official language and aims to support language revitalization efforts that have previously helped increase fluent speakers. It does not change existing law directly but formally asks the Department of Education to implement this new requirement as part of its graduation standards. The measure would affect all public high school students in Hawaii by making Hawaiian language study compulsory for graduation.