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The Hawaii State Department of Education began planning for the development of a system-wide reform in 1996 known as the Comprehensive Student Support System. The Adelman and Taylor research model provided the framework for the CSSS model. The model included the three necessary interrelated components for a comprehensive support system in a school — Instruction, Management, and Enabling. The Hawaii CSSS model substituted the term “Enabling” with the term "Student Support,” which is an array of comprehensive activities that promote and facilitate healthy development, positive social growth, and improved academic achievement.
Towards the end of the 1996-97 school year, the department began CSSS pilot projects at Kaiulani Elementary, Central Middle, and McKinley High schools.
In Fall 1997, CSSS was implemented in 38 schools in seven school complexes, including the entire three complexes of Kauai. In 1998-99, CSSS added three additional complexes for a total of 62 schools, creating 10 CSSS complexes, one per district throughout the state.
In 1999-2000, CSSS was implemented statewide.
In 2006-2007, CSSS was combined with ISPED and completely redesigned to create the current and more comprehensive CSSS to replace the computer systems supporting the CSSS and ISPED programs.