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Due to the threat of COVID-19, Governor David Ige issued a Supplementary Proclamation dated March 16, 2020, suspending Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, to enable public boards to conduct business without holding meetings open to the public while considering reasonable measures to allow public participation consistent with social distancing practices
The Board of Education will be holding virtual meetings until further notice. Go to http://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/ListenLivetoBoardMeetings.aspx for information on how to listen to these virtual meetings.
STATE OF HAWAII
BOARD OF EDUCATION
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
MEMBERS
Kaimana Barcarse Margaret Cox Nolan Kawano
Kili Namauʻu Dwight Takeno Kenneth Uemura Bruce Voss
Daniella White (student representative) Captain Lyn Yatko (military representative)
Catherine Payne, Chairperson
Brian De Lima, Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, April 2, 2020
1:30 p.m.
Virtual Meeting
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AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Public Testimony on Board of Education ("Board") Agenda Items *New material added 04/02/2020 at 12:49 p.m.*
NOTE: Only written testimony will be accepted.
III. Board Action on temporary rules of operation to conduct virtual board meetings
IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes of February 20, 2020
V. Action Items
A. Board Action on Department of Education waiver request to cancel federally required statewide standardized assessments for the 2019-2020 School Year, including Smarter Balanced Assessments ("SBA") for English Language Arts/Literacy and mathematics, Hawaii State Science Assessments and Biology 1 end of course exams; Hawaii State Alternate Assessments; and the Kaiapuni Assessment Educational Outcomes (KĀʻEO)
B. Board Action on Department request for waiver of Board Policy 102-15 High School Graduation Requirements and Commencement for School Year 2019-2020
VI. Discussion Items
A. Presentation on March 19, 2020 letter of commitment regarding COVID-19 preparation and response from Department Superintendent Christina Kishimoto to Hawaii State Teachers Association Executive Director Wilbert Holck
VII. Adjournment
Written testimony may be submitted on any agenda item. No oral testimony will be accepted. Testimony should be related to an item that is on the agenda.
Meeting material is available online at boe.hawaii.gov.
Audio of this meeting will be broadcast live. Nothing will be shown on the presentation screen. Contact the Board Office for information on how to access this broadcast.
Persons requiring an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability should contact the Board Office at BOE.Hawaii@boe.hawaii.gov or at (808) 586-3334 as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible will allow additional time to fulfill your request. We will try to obtain the accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.
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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson
