Governor David Ige issued an Emergency Proclamation dated December 29, 2021, suspending the requirement of having at least one meeting location open to the public, Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-3.7, remote meeting by interactive conference technology; notice; quorum, 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
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
MEMBERS:
Bill Arakaki Lyla Berg Lynn Fallin Kili Namauʻu
Catherine Payne Kenneth Uemura Bruce Voss
Kaimana Barcarse, Committee Chairperson
Shanty Asher, Committee Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, January 20, 2022
10:30 a.m.
Virtual Meeting
Register to join the WebEx Meeting Online: https://hidoe-events.webex.com/hidoe-events/onstage/g.php?MTID=e3b5f3e6d01fb2af820277a9f27b4d564
Meeting number: 2557 304 7903
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AGENDA
Written testimonies on Board agenda items *Materials added 01/20/2022 at 10:28 a.m.
LATE testimony submitted after deadline *Materials added 01/21/2022 at 3:55 p.m.
Call to Order
Approval of Meeting Minutes of November 18, 2021
Discussion Items
NOTE: Testimony relevant to each agenda item will be taken before the Board considers the item.
Presentation on teacher positions filled; 5-year teacher retention rates; and effectiveness of teacher shortage differentials in the areas of special education, hard-to-staff, and Hawaiian language immersion programs on teacher vacancies and retention
Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items
NOTE: Anyone who missed the opportunity to testify before the relevant agenda item will be allowed to testify at the end of the meeting.
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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Kaimana Barcarse, Committee Chairperson
