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

STATE OF HAWAII

BOARD OF EDUCATION

FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

MEMBERS:

            Bill Arakaki      Kili Namauʻu       

Catherine Payne    

Bruce Voss, Committee Chairperson

Lynn Fallin, Committee Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, December 16, 2021

11:00 a.m. 

Virtual Meeting

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AGENDA

Written testimonies on Board agenda items *Materials uploaded 12/15/2021 at 4:37 p.m.

1. Call to Order 

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes of October 21, 2021

3. Recommendation for Action

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

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

4. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items *Materials updated 12/17/2021 at 5:03 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.

5. 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.

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