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STATE OF HAWAII
BOARD OF EDUCATION
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
MEMBERS
Kaimana Barcarse Margaret Cox Nolan Kawano
Kili Namauʻu Dwight Takeno Kenneth Uemura Bruce Voss
Daniella White (student representative) Captain Lyn Hammer (military representative)
Catherine Payne, Chairperson
Brian De Lima, Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, Thursday, November 21, 2019
1:30 p.m.
Queen Liliuokalani Building
1390 Miller Street, Room 404
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. *Public Testimony on Board of Education ("Board") Agenda Items *New material added 11/21/2019*
III. Approval of Meeting Minutes of October 3, 2019
IV. Reports of Board Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent
A. Human Resource Committee Report on: (1) Semi-annual update on pending cases of Department of Education employees on Department Directed Leave ("DDL")or Leave Pending Investigation ("LPI"); (2) Committee Action on recommendation concerning appointment of the Complex Area Superintendent for the Honokaa-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena Complex Area; (3) Committee Action on Amendments to State Librarian Employment Contract
B. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on: (1) Update on Department of Education fiscal reports as of September 30, 2019 (Comparison to Budget, School Food Service, Student Transportation, Utilities, Impact Aid receipts, School Impact Fees, and CIP); (2) Update on status of implementation of Act 155 (Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 302A-1151.1, Pilot program for lease of public school land): status of community engagement efforts, status of due diligence, status of Requests for Proposals ("RFPs"), information on independent contractor, and status of Memorandum of Understanding with Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation ("HHFDC"); (3) Update on Department of Education Financial Management System modernization; (4) Committee Action on a new Board policy, Equitable Allocation of Facilities Resources, to ensure Board of Education policies and structures enable the Department of Education to complete all facilities projects at its schools with the greatest socioeconomic and academic needs as determined by an equity priority order (FIC Strategic Priority 2); (5) Committee Action on Department of Education's repair and maintenance priority list (FIC Strategic Priority 2); (6) Committee Action on Department of Education's priority criteria for executing Capital Improvement Program projects (FIC Strategic Priority 2)
C. Investigative committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) concerning Board policy positions, Board legislative proposals, and legislative reports for 2020 Legislative Session: findings and recommendations on Board legislative reports for the 2020 Legislative Session (annual charter school report)
D. Board Member Report on events attended: (1) National Association of State School Boards ("NASBE") annual conference; (2) Board Community Meeting to discuss how Hawaiʻi's business community can partner with our K-12 and higher education systems to advance and strengthen career pathways and readiness; (3) Board Community Meeting on how strategic plan indicators can be a powerful tool to advance student progress; (4) Board Community Meeting on sharing Hawaiian immersion concerns and solutions
E. Superintendent's Report: (1) update on school visits; (2) update on the development of a 10-year Board of Education and Department of Education Strategic Plan, The Power and Promise of Public Education: Focus on Phase III feedback; (3) Update on Council of Chief State School Officers winter convening
V. *Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items
VI. Action Items
A. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning appointment of the Complex Area Superintendent for the Honokaa-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena Complex Area
B. Board Action on Human Resources Committee recommendation concerning amendment to State Librarian Employment Contract
C. Board Action on appointment of seventeen (17) individuals to serve as members of the Adult and Community Education Advisory Council:
Thomas Au
Michael Bormann
Cheryl Ann Farrell
Stacy Ferreira
Blayne Hanagami
Cherylyn Inouye
Stacy Jones
Kevin Kimizuka
Louann Kimura
Sam Moku
Jocelyn Mokulehua
Ray Sasaki
Gail Takeuchi
Nisa Ann Nakai Tokunaga
Preshess Willets-Vaquilar
Jarret Yip
Kristoffer Zorilla
D. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendation concerning a new Board policy, Equitable Allocation of Facilities Resources, to ensure Board of Education policies and structures enable the Department of Education to complete all facilities projects at its schools with the greatest socioeconomic and academic needs as determined by an equity priority order (FIC Strategic Priority 2)
E. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendation concerning Department of Education's repair and maintenance priority list (FIC Strategic Priority 2)
F. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendation concerning Department of Education's priority criteria for executing Capital Improvement Program projects (FIC Strategic Priority 2)
G. Board Action on designation of Board members to an investigative committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5(b)(1)) concerning nomination of Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission member
H. Board Action on adjustments to Superintendent's priorities (Superintendent's evaluation for 2019-2020 School Year)
VII. Adjournment
Written testimony may be submitted on any agenda item. Oral testimony will be accepted at the meeting. 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.
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Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson
