Governor David Ige issued an Emergency Proclamation dated November 29, 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     Lyla Berg

     Lynn Fallin     Kili Namauʻu     Bruce Voss     

Catherine Payne, Chairperson

Kenneth Uemura, Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, December 16, 2021

1:30 p.m. 

Virtual Meeting

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AGENDA 

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes of November 18, 2021

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

1. Student Achievement Committee Report on:  (1) Presentation on student academic status for the 2021-2022 school year: data and analysis of middle and high school quarterly grades and on-track high school graduation

2. Joint Student Achievement and Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on:  (1) Committee Action on Student Achievement Committee and Finance and Infrastructure Committee Action on the Department of Education’s educational plan and fiscal plan to use federal funds in the second round of the Educational 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”) in accordance with the Board of Education’s October 21, 2021 ESSER II and ESSER ARP Fund Guidance

3. Evaluation team (including a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) tasked with conducting the performance evaluation of the State Public Charter School Commission: report, findings, and recommendations

4. Update on Investigative Committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) concerning search for a superintendent:  Advisory group responsibilities and selection process, contract with National Association of State Boards of Education, and search timeline

4. Action Items

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

1. Board Action on Student Achievement Committee and Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendations concerning the Department of Education’s educational plan and fiscal plan to use federal funds in the second round of the Educational 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”) in accordance with the Board of Education’s October 21, 2021 ESSER II and ESSER ARP Fund Guidance

2. Board Action on pay rates for part-time temporary employees 

3. Board Action on Board legislative policy positions for 2022 Legislative Session 

4. Board Action on designation of Board members to an ad hoc committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5(b)(2)) concerning 2022 Legislative Session

5. Board Action on Board report for 2022 Legislative Session: annual Board report on the State public charter schools in accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 302D-21

5. Discussion Items 

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

1. Presentation on COVID-19 Update for 2021-2022 school year:  data on positive student and staff cases, status of school-hosted vaccination sites, status of school-based COVID-19 testing sites, Department employee and student vaccination rates, status of Department workforce shortages 

6. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items *Materials updated 12/17/2021 at 4:25 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.

7. 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. 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.

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 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