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STATE OF HAWAII

BOARD OF EDUCATION

FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

MEMBERS:

  Amy Asselbaye     Don Horner     Lance Mizumoto

 Grant Chun, Committee Chairperson

Brian De Lima, Committee Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

11:00 a.m.

Queen Liliuokalani Building

1390 Miller Street, Room 404

Honolulu, Hawaii  96813

AGENDA 

I.               Call to Order

II.              Approval of Meeting Minutes of May 19, 2015 and June 2, 2015

III.             Discussion Items

     A.              Update on Department of Education fiscal reports as of June 30, 2015:  comparison to Department of Education’s budget, school food service, student transportation, federal Impact Aid receipts, and Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”)

     B.              Update on restrictions by the Executive Branch on the Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget appropriation

     C.              Update on the Community Eligibility Provision (“CEP”) pilot program, which enables high needs schools to serve free meals to all students, for the following: schools on the island of Molokai, Mountain View Elementary School, and Linapuni Elementary School

            IV.            Recommendation for Action

     A.              Committee Action on the recommendations of the Committee on Weights (“COW”) IX regarding the Weighted Student Formula (“WSF”) fund allocation for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 School Years

                      COW IX presentation on recommendations

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                                                                                         Grant Chun, Committee Chairperson