Outline of the state of Hawaii
State
Hawaii
Addressed

Category
Adaptive Physical Education

Category
Adaptive Physical Education

State law addresses making PE inclusive, including adapted PE or accommodations when necessary.

Hawaii Administrative Rules 8-60-2 Definitions.

(2) “Physical education” means:

  • (A) The development of:
  • (i) Physical and motor fitness;
  • (ii) Fundamental motor skills and patterns; and
  • (iii) Skills in aquatics, dance, and individual and group games and sports (including intramural and lifetime sports); and
  • (B) Includes special physical education, adapted physical education, movement education, and motor development.
Policy Type
Regulation

Hawaii Administrative Rules 8-60-2 Definitions.

“Special education” (1) Special education means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of astudent with a disability, including:

  • (A) Instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, in the community, and in other settings; and
  • (B) Instruction in physical education.

(2) Special education includes each of the following, if the services otherwise meet the requirements of paragraph (1):

  • (A) Speech-language pathology services, when the speech or language disability is the disabling condition;
  • (B) Travel training; and
  • (C) Vocational education.
Policy Type
Regulation

Hawaii Administrative Rules 8-60-2 Definitions.

(2) “Physical education” means:

  • (A) The development of:
  • (i) Physical and motor fitness;
  • (ii) Fundamental motor skills and patterns; and
  • (iii) Skills in aquatics, dance, and individual and group games and sports (including intramural and lifetime sports); and
  • (B) Includes special physical education, adapted physical education, movement education, and motor development.
Policy Type
Regulation