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STATE OF HAWAII
BOARD OF EDUCATION
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
MEMBERS
Kaimana Barcarse Margaret Cox Nolan Kawano
Kili Namauʻu Dwight Takeno Kenneth Uemura Bruce Voss
Daniella White (student representative) Captain Lyn Yatko (military representative)
Catherine Payne, Chairperson
Brian De Lima, Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, February 20, 2020
1:30 p.m.
Queen Liliuokalani Building
1390 Miller Street, Room 404
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. *Public Testimony on Board of Education ("Board") Agenda Items *New material added 02/20/2020*
III. Approval of Meeting Minutes of January 16, 2020 Special Meeting and January 16, 2020 General Business Meeting
IV. Reports of Board Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent
A. Human Resource Committee Report on: (1) Update on Experimental Modernization Project (in accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 78-3.5) to provide extra compensation to licensed, tenured teachers to address equity and compression of salaries: plan identifying the purposes of the project, the methodology to be used, the duration of the project, the criteria for evaluation of the project, and the cost of the project; (2) Committee Action on recommendation concerning appointment of the Complex Area Superintendent for the Nanakuli-Waianae Complex Area; (3) Committee Action on recommendation concerning amendments to the Department of Education's plan of organization; (4) Committee Action on approval of draft report for review and comment by Special Education Task Force and English Learners Task Force (HR Strategic Priority 1); (4) Committee Action on declaration of annual reduction in force ("RIF") for classified employees to initiate collectively bargained placement rights for employees displaced due to changes in staffing needs; (5) Committee Action on recommendation concerning Board Policy positions for the 2020 Legislative Session: Superintendent evaluation and compensation
B. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on: (1) Update on Department of Education fiscal reports as of December 31, 2019 (Comparison to Budget, School Food Service, Student Transportation, Utilities, Impact Aid receipts, School Impact Fees, and CIP); (2) Update on extra compensation for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff geographical locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs: Extra compensation funding sources; (3) Committee Action on Department of Education's repair and maintenance priority list (FIC Strategic Priority 2); (4) Committee Action on Department of Education's priority criteria for executing Capital Improvement Program projects (FIC Strategic Priority 2); (5) Committee Action on recommendation concerning Board Policy positions for the 2020 Legislative Session: establishment of a separate entity responsible for public school facilities
C. Update on Ad Hoc Committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 92-2.5(b)(2)) concerning 2020 Legislative Session: hearings and testimony
D. Student Achievement Committee Report on: (1) Committee Action on evaluation team recommendations concerning application for chartering authority from Lei Hoʻolaha; (2) Committee Action on recommendation concerning Board Policy positions for the 2020 Legislative Session: Multiple charter school authorizer funding and authorizer system
E. Board Member Report on events attended: (1) February 4, 2020 Board Community Meeting
V. *Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items
VI. Action Items
A. Board Action on Student Achievement Committee recommendation concerning evaluation team recommendations concerning application for chartering authority from Lei Hoʻolaha
B. Board Action on Student Achievement Committee recommendation concerning Board Policy positions for the 2020 Legislative Session: multiple charter school authorizer funding and authorizer system
C. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning appointment of the Complex Area Superintendent for the Nanakuli-Waianae Complex Area
D. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning amendments to Department of Education's plan of organization
E. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning approval of draft report for review and comment by Special Education Task Force and English Learners Task Force (HR Strategic Priority 1)
F. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning declaration of annual reduction in force ("RIF") for classified employees to initiate collectively bargained placement rights for employees displaced due to changes in staffing needs
G. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning Board Policy positions for the 2020 Legislative Session: Superintendent evaluation and compensation
H. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendation concerning Department of Education's repair and maintenance priority list (FIC Strategic Priority 2)
I. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendation concerning Department of Education's priority criteria for executing Capital Improvement Program projects (FIC Strategic Priority 2)
J. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendation concerning Board Policy positions for the 2020 Legislative Session: establishment of a separate entity responsible for public school facilities
K. Board Action on designation of Board members to an investigative committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) concerning nomination of individuals to serve as members of the State Public Charter School Commission member *Revised material posted on February 19, 2020 - Revision made that the Board will take action on the nominations at its subsequent meeting on April 16, 2020*
L. Board Action on 10-year Department of Education Strategic Plan, The Power and Promise of Public Education *Late Material - Posted on February 14, 2020 at 4:08 p.m.*
M. Board Action on amendments to Hawaii's consolidated state plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act ("ESSA") regarding methodology to identify schools with the lowest-performing subgroups for "Additional Targeted Support and Improvement" ("A-TSI") and subgroups identified for "Targeted Support and Improvement-Consistently Underperforming" ("TSI-CU")
VII. Adjournment
Written testimony may be submitted on any agenda item. Oral testimony will be accepted at the meeting. 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.
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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson
