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STATE OF HAWAII
BOARD OF EDUCATION
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
MEMBERS
Shanty Asher Kaimana Barcarse Margaret Cox Lynn Fallin
Kili Namauʻu Dwight Takeno Bruce Voss
Hunter Harris (student representative) Captain Lyn Yatko (military representative)
Catherine Payne, Chairperson
Kenneth Uemura, Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, January 21, 2021
1:30 p.m.
Virtual Meeting
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AGENDA
WRITTEN TESTIMONY ON AGENDA ITEMS *New Material added 01/20/2020 at 3:46 p.m.
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of November 19, 2020 General Business Meeting Minutes and December 3, 2020 Special Meeting Minutes
III. Reports of Board Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent
A. Human Resource Committee Report on: (1) Presentation on Department of Education's reorganization plan to preserve classroom instruction: temporary or permanent closure, consolidations, reorganization, restructuring, or merger of offices, programs, services, and positions for Complex Area and School levels; (2) Committee Action on reorganization of Office of Fiscal Services, Accounting Services Branch
B. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on: (1) Presentation on impact of 2021-2023 fiscal biennium budget cuts on School and Complex Area levels; (2) Committee Action on Department of Education's plan for use of federal funds in the new COVID-19 relief package and annual federal spending bill
IV. Discussion Items
NOTE: Testimony relevant to the agenda item will be taken before the Board considers the item.
A. Update on Superintendent's evaluation for the 2020-2021 School Year: mid-year review of progress on Superintendent's Priorities
B. Update on Acellus Learning Accelerator distance learning program ("Acellus"): Board's October 15, 2020 directives regarding communication with families, phase out by the end of the 2020-2021 school year, and other learning options for families; status of Acellus transition plan after second quarter; school plans for third quarter; and curriculum management system and instructional material review and selection process
V. Action Items
NOTE: Testimony relevant to the agenda item will be taken before the Board considers the item.
A. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning reorganization of Office of Fiscal Services, Accounting Services Branch
B. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendations concerning Department of Education's plan for use of federal funds in the new COVID-19 relief package and annual federal spending bill
C. Board Action on adoption of draft amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 8-27, Transportation of Students
VI. 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.
VII. 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.
Meeting material is available online at boe.hawaii.gov.
Audio of this meeting will be broadcast live. Video of the meeting participants will not be broadcast. 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.
Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson
