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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 Hammer (military representative)
Catherine Payne, Chairperson
Brian De Lima, Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, January 16, 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 01/16/2020*
III. Approval of Meeting Minutes of December 5, 2019 Special Meeting and December 5, 2019 General Business Meeting
IV. Reports of Board Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent
A. Human Resource Committee Report on: (1) Committee Action on recommendation concerning appointment of the Complex Area Superintendent for the Kapaa-Kauai-Waimea Complex Area; (2) Committee Action on recommendation concerning appointment of the Assistant Superintendent for the Office of School Facilities and Support Services
B. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on: (1) Update on extra compensation for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff geographical locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs: Extra compensation funding sources; (2) Committee Action on recommendation regarding approval of two public school land sites to lease pursuant to Act 155 (Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 302A-1151.1, Pilot program for lease of public school land) for further due diligence and investigation to replace two of the three sites approved by the Board on January 17, 2019 (475 22nd Avenue and 4087 Diamond Head): Kaimuki High School and Queen Kaahumanu Elementary School
C. Superintendent's Report: (1) update on school visits; (2) update on the development of a 10-year Board of Education and Department of Education Strategic Plan, The Power and Promise of Public Education: Focus on getting final leadership input on 2030 Promise Plan
V. Discussion Items
A. Presentation on intent to conduct an 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
VI. *Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items
VII. Action Items
A. Board Action on findings and recommendations of investigative committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5(b)(1)), concerning nomination of an individual to serve as a member of the State Public Charter School Commission ("Commission"): appointment of Matthew Kodama to the Commission
B. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning appointment of the Complex Area Superintendent for the Kapaa-Kauai-Waimea Complex Area
C. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning appointment of the Assistant Superintendent for the Office of School Facilities and Support Services
D. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendation regarding approval of two public school land sites to lease pursuant to Act 155 (Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 302A-1151.1, Pilot program for lease of public school land) for further due diligence and investigation to replace two of the three sites approved by the Board on January 17, 2019 (475 22nd Avenue and 4087 Diamond Head): Kaimuki High School and Queen Kaahumanu Elementary School
E. Board Action on Board representatives to the School Community Council ("SCC") Exception Review Committee for purposes of reviewing SCC requests for waivers from Board policies or rules and exceptions to collective bargaining agreements
F. Board Action on renaming the school currently known as East Kapolei Middle School to Honouliuli Middle School
VIII. 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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Chairperson Office Hour: The Board Chairperson is available to meet with members of the public on matters related to public education on the day of the meeting noted above from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Board Office, by appointment. Contact the Board Office, no later than the day prior to the meeting date, for an appointment.
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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson
