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, November 17, 2015

9:30 a.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 

III.             Approval of Meeting Minutes of October 20, 2015 

           IV.            Discussion Items

A.         Update on the Department of Education’s heat abatement program:  progress since November 3, 2015

B.         Update on Department of Education’s fiscal reports as of September 30, 2015:  including a comparison to the Department’s budget, school food service, student transportation, federal Impact Aid receipts, and Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”)

C.         Presentation on Department of Education’s computer network upgrade

D.         Update on status of Department of Education’s pursuit of Medicaid reimbursement as it relates to Section 23 of Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015

           V.              Recommendation for Action

A.     Committee Action on Department of Education recommendation to increase the monthly fee for the After-School Plus (“A+”) Program over three years (2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 School Years)

VI.            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