​ LISTEN LIVE TO BOARD MEETINGS                                                                                                        PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION


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

GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING


MEMBERS


Bill Arakaki      Shanty Asher      Kaimana Barcarse     Lynn Fallin


     Kili Namauʻu     Dwight Takeno     Bruce Voss     


Catherine Payne, Chairperson

Kenneth Uemura, Vice Chairperson


NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, August 19, 2021

1:30 p.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

Meeting password: joinmeeting


Join by phone:

1-844-992-4726 Call-in toll-free number (US)

Meeting Access Code: 2559 460 3816

Attendee ID Number: #

AGENDA 


Written testimonies on Board agenda items *Materials updated 08/25/21 at 6:00 p.m.


  1. Call to Order


  1. Executive Session

This portion of the meeting is a closed meeting under Section 92-4 and Section 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes. There will be no audio on WebEx while the Board is in executive session. The Board is planning on exiting executive session no later than 2:00 p.m.


  1. Consultation with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities concerning Clarabal v. Department of Education of the State of Hawaii (Civil No. 14-1-002214) 

  1. Approval of Meeting Minutes of July 15, 2021


  1. Reports of Board of Education (“Board”) Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent


  1. Human Resource Committee Report on:  (1)  Committee Action on recommendation concerning State Librarian’s evaluation for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year:  State Librarian’s priorities


  1. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on:  (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”); (2) 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; (3) 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

  2. Update on Investigative Committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) concerning search for a superintendent:  stakeholders represented on Advisory Group

  1. Action Items

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


  1. Board Action on Clarabal v. Department of Education of the State of Hawaii (Civil No. 14-1-002214)

  2. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning State Librarian’s evaluation for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year: State Librarian’s Priorities 

  3. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee 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

  4. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee 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 

  1. Discussion Items 

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


  1. Presentation on opening schools for the 2021-2022 school year 


  1. Update on the timeline for and evaluation team tasked with conducting the performance evaluation of the State Public Charter School Commission 


  1. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items Written testimonies on Board agenda items 08/25/21 at 6:20 p.m.


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


  1. 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.


_____________________________________

Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson