State profile · HI

Hawaii

Reviewed policies, grades and school implementation dates. District examples cover 0 distinct districts; it is not a statewide implementation survey.

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Rules for use: affected grades and timing

Personal devices · statewide finding

Elementary: Full school day
Middle: Full school day
High: Instructional limits

State Board policy requires elementary and middle school devices off and away all day; high schools restrict instructional time.

Starts in 2026–27; adopted February 12, 2026.

Exceptions & source ↗

School devices, screen time and student AI

No reviewed policy is available here for these topics yet. Further research appears in the policy explorer.

Learning & relevant rules for use

What changes by age?

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Teacher capacity, funding & delivery

No reviewed support program is listed here yet. Individual policy details include any documented funding or training provision.

Questions for a district curriculum meeting

Which students receive instruction, in which grades and subjects, and for how much time?
What sequence connects computing concepts, data, AI understanding and digital judgment?
Who teaches it, and what training, preparation time and accessible materials do they receive?
Which documented funding or services can support delivery, and what remains a local budget decision?
What student work demonstrates understanding? Check who participates and who is missing.

These are Stewart Brown’s planning questions, not additional legal requirements.

Reviewed policy findings, district examples & history (2 records)

Restrictions

Evidence gap

No current statewide record indexed. Research remains open.

Governance

Current evidence indexed

1 action in this collection

Learning

Evidence gap

No current statewide record indexed. Research remains open.

Current statewide policies

Hawaii· State / DCCurrent

Hawaii AI Guidance for Employees

HIDOE supplies AI guidance and toolkits for educators, students and administrators. Student use is conditioned on a signed Technology Responsible Use Form and school-approved tools; this page does not establish a blanket student AI ban.

Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026

AI governance

Requirement: Recommended
Grades: All K-12
Learning evidence: No student-learning claim

School implementation: Current HIDOE guidance; school-approved tools and responsible-use consent govern actual access.

Evidence & dates Primary source ↗

Upcoming requirements

No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.

Proposals under consideration

No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.

Selected district examples

No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.

Historical records

Hawaii· State / DCArchived

SCR 56 (2023)

Requests that the Board of Education consider media literacy, civics, financial literacy and other programs for implementation in public schools.

Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026

Media literacy

Requirement: Recommended
Grades: All K-12
Learning evidence: Learning recommended

School implementation: 2023 concurrent resolution requests consideration of media literacy and other programs. It does not itself create a binding instructional mandate.

Evidence & dates Primary source ↗

Evidence coverage & remaining research

Consistent 16-dimension checklist

Coverage & remaining research

Inventory reviewed October 3, 2026. 2/16 dimensions have published evidence of any status. Every dimension remains open to additional sources and superseding actions.

Dimension	Current statewide evidence	Other published evidence
Personal devices	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
School-issued devices	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Screen time	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Student AI	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Staff AI	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
AI governance	1 linked action	0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical
Social media / network	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Privacy / cybersecurity	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
AI literacy	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Computer science	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Digital literacy	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Media literacy	Not yet established	0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical
Digital citizenship	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Cybersecurity literacy	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Data literacy	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion
Social-media literacy	Not yet established	Research gap · no absence conclusion

Next checks: official state statutes and agency updates, grade-specific learning standards, superseding rules, and a broader district sample. Contribute a primary source.