Governor David Ige issued an Emergency Proclamation dated August 5, 2021, suspending Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, to enable boards to conduct meetings without any board members or members of the public physically present in the same location. 

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

FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

MEMBERS:

      Bill Arakaki     Kili Namauʻu        

    Catherine Payne     Dwight Takeno

Bruce Voss, Committee Chairperson

Lynn Fallin, Committee Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, August 19, 2021

10:00 a.m.

Virtual Meeting

Register to join the WebEx Meeting Online: https://hidoe-events.webex.com/hidoe-events/onstage/g.php?MTID=e67c61bc00da44970f0b53a6d371265df

Meeting number: 2559 460 3816

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Attendee ID Number: #2021-08-19

AGENDA

1. Call to Order 

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes of June 17, 2021

3. Discussion Items

NOTE:  Testimony relevant to each agenda item will be taken before the Board considers the item.

1. Presentation on Department’s allocation plan for use of federal funds in the second round of the Education Stabilization Fund’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (“ESSER II”) and in the third round of ESSER funds authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ESSER ARP”)

4. Recommendation for Action

NOTE:  Testimony relevant to each agenda item will be taken before the Board considers the item.

1. Committee Action on recommendation concerning priority allocation of federal funds in ESSER II and ESSER ARP to fund:  (1) increased student access to nursing services; (2) planning and implementing complex area accelerated learning plans and related COVID-19 impacts; (3) distribution to charter schools; (4) Department budget shortfalls; (5) Department administrative costs for ESSER grant management; (6) resources for Leilehua High School cyber security academy, (7) resources for Castle, Kalaheo, and Kailua complexes trauma-informed care services 

2. Committee Action on recommendation concerning recommendations of the Committee on Weights XII regarding the Weighted Student Formula fund allocation for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 School Years

5. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items

NOTE: Anyone who missed the opportunity to testify before the relevant agenda item will be allowed to testify at the end of the meeting.

6. Adjournment

Written testimony may be submitted on any agenda item and is strongly encouraged as the primary means of submitting testimony. Anyone wishing to testify orally must sign up in advance using the form posted here: http://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/Submit-testimony.aspx. Please note that you will need to register and log in to Webex to testify orally. Testimony over the phone will not be accepted at this time.

Meeting material is available online at boe.hawaii.gov.

Audio of this meeting will be broadcast live. Video of the meeting participants will not be broadcast. 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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Bruce Voss, Committee Chairperson