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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 Hammer (military representative)
Catherine Payne, Chairperson
Brian De Lima, Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, August 15, 2019
1:30 p.m.
Queen Liliuokalani Building
1390 Miller Street, Room 404
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Swearing in of student representative for 2019-2020 School Year
III. *Public Testimony on Board of Education ("Board") Agenda Items *new material 08/15/2019*
IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes of August 1, 2019
V. Reports of Board Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent
A. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on: (1) Committee Action on identification and selection of individuals for a working group tasked with work ensuring Board of Education policies and structures establish a transparent, accessible, and credible budgeting and financial reporting process (FIC Strategic Priority 1); (2) Committee Action on a work plan and timeline to ensure Board of Education policies and structures enable the Department of Education to complete all facilities projects at its schools with the greatest socioeconomic and academic needs as determined by an equity priority order (FIC Strategic Priority 2)
B. Board Member report on conferences and events attended: (1) Hawaii State Special Education Summer Conference 2019
C. Superintendent's Report: (1) update on school visits; (2) update on Hawaii State Special Education Summer Conference 2019; (3) update on the development of a 10-year Board of Education and Department of Education Strategic Plan, The Power and Promise of Public Education: Focus on how the "Ideas that Transform" theme enables instructional shifts
VI. *Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items
VII. Action Items
A. Board Action on: (1) repeal of Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 41, entitled "Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedure"; (2) adoption of draft of new Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 89, entitled "Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedures for Student(s) Complaints against Adult(s)"; and (3) public testimony received at the July 16, 2019 public hearing
B. Board Action on: (1) adoption of draft amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 19, entitled "Student Misconduct, Discipline, School Searches and Seizures, Reporting Offenses, Police Interviews and Arrests, and Restitution for Vandalism," and (2) public testimony received at the July 16, 2019 public hearing
VIII. Executive Session
This portion of the meeting is a closed meeting under Section 92-4 and Section 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
A. Consultation with the Board's attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities concerning (1) repeal of Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 41, entitled "Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedure," and (2) adoption of draft of new Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 89, entitled "Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedures for Student(s) Complaints against Adult(s)"
B. Consultation with the Board's attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities concerning adoption of draft amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 19, entitled "Student Misconduct, Discipline, School Searches and Seizures, Reporting Offenses, Police Interviews and Arrests, and Restitution for Vandalism"
IX. Adjournment
Written testimony may be submitted on any agenda item. Oral testimony will be accepted at the meeting. Each individual is allotted four (4) minutes, or an amount of time otherwise designated by the Chairperson, to provide oral testimony to the Board. In accordance with Hawaii's Sunshine Law (Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 92), testimony should be related to an item that is on the agenda.
Meeting material is available online at boe.hawaii.gov and can also be viewed in the Board Office.
Audio of this meeting and the presentation screen used in the meeting will be broadcast live. 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 least three (3) business days before the meeting. If a response is received less than three (3) business days before the meeting, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. Requests made as early as possible will allow adequate time to fulfill your request.
Chairperson Office Hour: The Board Chairperson is available to meet with members of the public on matters related to public education on the day of the meeting noted above from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Board Office, by appointment. Contact the Board Office, no later than the day prior to the meeting date, for an appointment.
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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson
