March 4, 2021 General Business Meeting (Virtual)

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Governor David Ige issued a Eighteenth Supplementary Proclamation dated February 12, 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

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, March 4, 2021

1:30 p.m.

Virtual Meeting

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AGENDA

Written testimonies on Board Agenda Items *New material added 03-03-2021 at 4:32pm

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes of December 17, 2020 Special Meeting (Executive Session), December 17, 2020 General Business Meeting (Executive Session), January 14, 2021 Special Meeting and January 21, 2021 General Business Meeting

III. Reports of Board of Education ("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 Hana-Lahainaluna-Lanai-Molokai Complex Area; (2) Committee Action on 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; (3) Committee Action on recommendation concerning compensation adjustments for Department of Education employees excluded from Bargaining Unit 13: Unit 35 (excluded managerial); (4) Committee Action on recommendation concerning new Superintendent Employment Contract

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

A. Presentation on Department of Education strategies for safe reopening of elementary and secondary schools to more in-person learning for fourth quarter of 2020-2021 School Year

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

A. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning appointment of the Complex Area Superintendent for the Hana-Lahainaluna-Lanai-Molokai Complex Area
B. 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
C. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning compensation adjustments for Department of Education employees excluded from Bargaining Unit 13: Unit 35 (excluded managerial)
D. Board Action on Board policy positions for the 2021 Legislative Session: early learning, superintendent minimum qualifications, board member orientation and training, and collective bargaining employer votes
E. Board Action on composition of Committee on Weights XII

VI. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items *New material added 03-05-2021 at 2:30pm
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.

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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson