This meeting is a remote meeting under Section 92-3.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and includes an in-person meeting location open to the public and a virtual meeting option that allows the public to participate remotely, including viewing the meeting virtually and providing remote oral testimony. Most board members will be participating virtually from nonpublic locations. Go to http://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/ListenLivetoBoardMeetings.aspx for information on using the virtual meeting option.

STATE OF HAWAII

BOARD OF EDUCATION

GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING

MEMBERS

Bill Arakaki      Shanty Asher      Kaimana Barcarse     Lyla Berg

     Lynn Fallin     Kili Namauʻu     Bruce Voss     

Catherine Payne, Chairperson

Kenneth Uemura, Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, May 5, 2022

1:30 p.m. 

In-Person

Queen Liliuokalani Building

1390 Miller Street, Room 404

Honolulu, Hawaii  96813

Virtual

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AGENDA 

Written testimonies submitted on Board agenda items *Materials updated 5/4/2022 at 4:45 p.m.

Late Written testimonies submitted on Board agenda items *Materials updated 5/9/2022 at 8:26 a.m.

1. Call to Order

2. *Public Testimony on Board of Education (“Board”) Agenda Items

3. Approval of Meeting Minutes of April 21, 2022

4. Reports of Board Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent

1. Human Resource Committee Report on:  (1) Committee Action on salary structure and compensation adjustments for Department leadership employees (Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, and Complex Area Superintendents); (2) Committee Action on compensation adjustments for Department leadership employees (Deputy Superintendent and Assistant Superintendents), effective July 1, 2020, using performance evaluation ratings for School Year 2019-2020; (3) Committee Action on compensation adjustments for Department leadership employees (Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, and Complex Area Superintendents), effective July 1, 2021, using performance evaluation ratings for School Year 2020-2021

2. Investigative Committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) concerning search for a superintendent:  findings and recommendations on finalists

NOTE: The Board will not be deliberating on or selecting a superintendent at this meeting. This is only the public release of final candidate names. The Board will conduct finalist interviews on May 19, 2022.

5. Action Items

1. Board Action on findings and recommendations of Investigative Committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) investigating issues relating to nomination of individuals to serve as members of the State Public Charter School Commission:  

Jeremy “Kama” Hopkins

Matthew Kodama

Carl T. Takamura

2. Board Action on School Community Council (“SCC”) request for exceptions to collective bargaining agreements, statutory waivers, and waivers of Board policy for School Year 2022-2023 for:

3. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning salary structure and compensation adjustments for Department leadership employees (Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, and Complex Area Superintendents) 

4. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning compensation adjustments for Department leadership employees (Deputy Superintendent and Assistant Superintendents), effective July 1, 2020, using performance evaluation ratings for School Year 2019-2020

5. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning compensation adjustments for Department leadership employees (Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, and Complex Area Superintendents), effective July 1, 2021, using performance evaluation ratings for School Year 2020-2021

6. Board Action on joint Student Achievement Committee and Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendations concerning amendment to Department’s fiscal plan to use federal funds in the second round of the Educational Stabilization Fund’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (“ESSER II”) and in the third round of ESSER funds authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ESSER ARP”) approved by the Board on December 16, 2021 This item has been removed from the agenda

7. Board Action on findings and recommendations of Investigative Committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) investigating issues relating to search for a superintendent:  process for Board interview of finalists

6. Discussion Items

1. Presentation on universal indoor masking in public schools
   

7. 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.

8. Adjournment

Meeting material is available online at boe.hawaii.gov.

The Board accepts written testimony on any agenda item and strongly encourages it as the primary means of submitting testimony. Written testimony received 24 hours before the meeting will be posted publicly and distributed to Board members before the meeting. Further instructions on submitting written testimony is available here: https://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/Submit-testimony.aspx. 

The Board accepts oral testimony in-person and virtually. To sign up to testify either in-person or virtually, use the form posted here: http://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/Submit-testimony.aspx. If you are testifying virtually, you must register and log in to WebEx using the same name you used to sign up to testify. Each individual is allotted four (4) minutes, but the Chairperson can reduce the amount of time allowed. 

In accordance with Hawaii’s Sunshine Law (Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 92), all testimony, whether written or oral, should be related to an item that is on the agenda.

The Board provides a live broadcast of its meetings. Information on accessing this live broadcast is available here: https://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/ListenLivetoBoardMeetings.aspx.

If you need an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation due to a disability, please 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 give staff additional time to try to fulfill your request. Staff will try to fulfill all requests, but cannot guarantee fulfillment.

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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson