Suevon Lee, I am writing you this e-mail to acknowledge that the DOE received your request for records and initiated a search. Office staff that are conducting the search for records will need additional time to respond to your request in order to avoid an unreasonable interference with their other duties. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Justin Takaki Hawaii State Department of Education Office of the Superintendent From: "Suevon Lee" < <name and email address>> To: <<email address>> Date: 06/26/2019 12:31 PM Subject: Records Request for Department of Education: Instances of Restraint and Seclusion in DOE Schools Starting From School Year 2015-16 to Present [#215] Aloha, Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address. Starting with SY 2015-16 to present day, available data on the use of restraint and/or seclusion, outcomes, settings, individual staff involvement and programs, and the frequency of use for student populations categorized by: individual students, groups of students, gender, race, national origin, disability status and type of disability, and limited English proficiency. Per Act 206, signed into law in 2014, the number and type of staff who received or are currently receiving training to effectively respond to students with challenging behaviors, which complex area they work in and their training and certification credentials. Prior to SY 2016-17, the kind of internal record-keeping the DOE maintained for the collection of data for active monitoring of incidents of restraint and/or seclusion. Starting with SY 2015-16 to present day, any correspondence or contact the DOE has had with any federal agency and/or other educational agency around its policy and use of restraint and/or seclusion and the number of incidents recorded in each of its schools. Current policies, procedures and practices related to the use of restraint. Current policies, procedures and practices related to the use of seclusion. Mahalo, Suevon Lee Honolulu Civil Beat ******************************************************************************** This email was scanned by the Cisco IronPort Email Security System contracted by the Hawaii Dept of Education. If you receive suspicious/phish email, forward a copy to <<email address>> This helps us monitor suspicious/phish email getting thru. You will not receive a response, but rest assured the information received will help to build additional protection. ********************************************************************************

Suevon Lee, Please find attached a notice that responds to your request. I have also attached records and links that respond to items 1, 2, and 5. The attached notice asks for clarification on part of item 2 and a prepayment before conducting a search for communication records relating to item 4. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Justin Takaki Hawaii Department of Education Office of the Superintendent Mailing Address: Hawaii Department of Education 1390 Miller Street, Room 305 Honolulu, HI 96813 Links for item 1: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessio... https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/R... https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/R... On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 4:05 PM Justin Takaki < <name and email address> > wrote: > Suevon Lee, > > I am writing you this e-mail to acknowledge that the DOE received your > request for records and initiated a search. Office staff that are > conducting the search for records will need additional time to respond to > your request in order to avoid an unreasonable interference with their > other duties. Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Thank you, > > Justin Takaki > Hawaii State Department of Education > Office of the Superintendent > > > > From: "Suevon Lee" < <name and email address> > > To: <<email address>> > Date: 06/26/2019 12:31 PM > Subject: Records Request for Department of Education: Instances of > Restraint and Seclusion in DOE Schools Starting From School Year 2015-16 to > Present [#215] > > > > Aloha, > > Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following > records in electronic format sent to my email address. > > Starting with SY 2015-16 to present day, available data on the use of > restraint and/or seclusion, outcomes, settings, individual staff > involvement and > programs, and the frequency of use for student populations categorized by: > individual students, groups of students, gender, race, national origin, > disability status and type of disability, and limited English proficiency. > > Per Act 206, signed into law in 2014, the number and type of staff who > received or are currently receiving training to effectively respond to > students > with challenging behaviors, which complex area they work in and their > training and certification credentials. > > Prior to SY 2016-17, the kind of internal record-keeping the DOE maintained > for the collection of data for active monitoring of incidents of restraint > and/or seclusion. > > Starting with SY 2015-16 to present day, any correspondence or contact the > DOE has had with any federal agency and/or other educational agency around > its policy and use of restraint and/or seclusion and the number of > incidents > recorded in each of its schools. > > Current policies, procedures and practices related to the use of restraint. > > Current policies, procedures and practices related to the use of seclusion. > > Mahalo, > > Suevon Lee > Honolulu Civil Beat > > ******************************************************************************** > This email was scanned by the Cisco IronPort Email Security System > contracted by the Hawaii Dept of Education. If you receive suspicious/phish > email, forward a copy to <<email address>> This helps us > monitor suspicious/phish email getting thru. You will not receive a > response, but rest assured the information received will help to build > additional protection. > > ******************************************************************************** > <http://form1_records_request.pdf> > > > …