Governor David Ige issued an Emergency Proclamation dated October 1, 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

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, November 18, 2021

1:30 p.m. 

Virtual Meeting

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AGENDA

Written testimonies on Board agenda items *Materials added 11/17/2021 at 2:38 p.m. 

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes of October 21, 2021

3. Reports of Board of Education (“Board”) Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent

A. Human Resource Committee Report on:  (1) Committee Action on Board Member authorized to represent the Board in mid-term bargaining for contract period July 1, 2021-June 30, 2023 and successor bargaining with the Hawaii Government Employees Association (Bargaining Unit 6); (2) Committee Action on Board Member authorized to represent the Board in successor bargaining with the Hawaii State Teachers Association (Bargaining Unit 5); (3) Committee Action on amendment to final Agreement between the Hawaii State Teachers Association the State of Hawaii Board of Education (July 1, 2021-June 30, 2023):  gender neutral language; (4) Committee Action on memorandum of understanding between State of Hawaii Board of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association (Pilot Transfer Program Workgroup)

B. Student Achievement Committee Report on:  (1) Presentation on student academic status for the 2021-2022 school year:  analysis of English language arts and math universal screener data for elementary and middle schools 

C. Board Member Report on events attended:  (1) We Got You: Education Bright Spots Gathering; (2) Council of the Great City Schools National Town Hall:  Student voice on their experience with COVID, the current racial reckoning and beyond

4. Action Items

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

1. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning Board Member authorized to represent the Board in mid-term bargaining for contract period July 1, 2021-June 30, 2023 and successor bargaining with the Hawaii Government Employees Association (Bargaining Unit 6)

2. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning Board Member authorized to represent the Board in successor bargaining with the Hawaii State Teachers Association (Bargaining Unit 5)

3. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning amendment to final Agreement between the Hawaii State Teachers Association the State of Hawaii Board of Education (July 1, 2021-June 30, 2023):  gender neutral language

4. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendations concerning memorandum of understanding between State of Hawaii Board of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association (Pilot Transfer Program Workgroup)

5. Discussion Items 

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

1. Presentation on the State Public Charter School Commission’s annual report *material revised 11/16/2021*

2. Presentation on Department’s proposed legislation for 2022 legislative session 

6. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items *Materials added 11/19/2021 at 5:25 p.m.

NOTE: Anyone who missed the opportunity to testify before the relevant agenda item will be allowed to testify at the end of the meeting.

7. 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: Submit testimony (hawaii.gov). 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. 

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