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The Department of Education Heat Abatement Program is a program started by Hawaii’s Department of Education to help lower the temperatures in the classrooms.

History
The Heat Abatement Program started a long time ago, but came up on the news recently due to the record-breaking temperatures across the state. Temperatures gotten into the 90s due to the heat.

Health Concerns
When the temperature gets too hot, it causes a safety concern for students and teachers. Hot temperatures can lead to heat exhaustion syndromes [citation needed]. An incident that happened in 2015 where a student had to drive themselves to a doctor's due to heat exhaustion showed how bad the heat in Hawaii classrooms can get