HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

145

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

requesting the Board of Education to establish and maintain an obesity database among Department of Education teachers.

 

 

WHEREAS, obesity is the number one health problem in America, causing approximately four hundred thousand deaths in the year 2000; and

WHEREAS, the cost of health care and health insurance premiums in Hawaii and the nation as a whole have been escalating exponentially every year; and

WHEREAS, these health care costs place an increasing financial burden on businesses, families, and health insurance providers; and

WHEREAS, over twenty per cent of Hawaiian children are overweight; and

WHEREAS, teachers, as mentors and role models, are in a position to set an example for their students; and

WHEREAS, there is no data available on the health of Hawaii public school teachers; and

WHEREAS, teachers, especially those who teach health, nutrition, or physical education, should live up to the standards they impose on their students; and

WHEREAS, everyone’s efforts should contribute to the deterrence of obesity in children; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2005, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to establish and maintain an obesity database among its teachers; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is requested to collect the data every six months; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, the Department of Education is requested to submit a report on the obesity data to the Legislature; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education and Department of Health are requested to collaborate and formulate an obesity standard and the appropriate measures for teachers who cannot meet the standard; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, the Director of Health, and the Superintendent of Education who is requested to transmit copies of this Concurrent Resolution to all teachers in the Department of Education.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Obesity database; Department of Education teachers