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STATE OF HAWAII

BOARD OF EDUCATION

FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

MEMBERS:

  Amy Asselbaye     Don Horner     Lance Mizumoto

Grant Chun, Committee Chairperson

Brian De Lima, Committee Vice Chairperson

 NOTICE OF MEETING

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

12:00 p.m.

 Queen Liliuokalani Building

1390 Miller Street, Room 404

Honolulu, Hawaii  96813

 AGENDA 

I.              Call to Order

II.             *Public testimony on Finance and Infrastructure Committee (“Committee”) agenda items **new (03/15/16)**

III.            Approval of Meeting Minutes of February 16, 2016

         IV.            Discussion Items

       A.         Update on the Department of Education’s heat abatement program:  progress since February 16, 2016 and Department of Education’s plan to reach the Governor’s initiative to cool 1,000 classrooms by the end of the 2016 calendar year

       B.         Update on the Department of Education’s supplemental budget request for 2016-2017 Fiscal Year:   House Committee on Finance decisions **new (03/14/16)**

          V.            Recommendation for Action

             A.         Committee Action on the following Board policies:

        B.         Committee Action on the Department of Education's operating budget restriction for Fiscal Year 2015-2016:  disposition of charter school true-up funds (EDN 200, 300, and 400) **new (03/11/16)**

VI.            Executive Session

     This portion of the meeting is a closed meeting under Section 92‑4 and Section 92‑5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes

       A.         Briefing on possible legal implications and liabilities relating to Board Policies 500.1 Organization of the Department and 500.2 Plan of Organization

VII.           Adjournment

* Any interested person may submit data, views, or arguments in writing to the Board on any agenda item.  An individual or representative wishing to testify should register prior to the meeting.  Testimony must be related to an item that is on the agenda and such person shall be required to identify the agenda item to be addressed by the testimony.  Each individual or representative of an organization is allotted four (4) minutes, or an amount of time otherwise designated by the Chairperson, to provide testimony to the Board.

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                                                                                                         Grant Chun, Committee Chairperson