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As part of the response to the threat of COVID-19, Governor David Ige issued a Twelfth Supplementary Proclamation dated August 20, 2020, suspending Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, to the extent necessary to enable boards as defined in Section 92-2, to conduct meetings without any board members or members of the public physically present in the same location, among other things.

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

SPECIAL MEETING

MEMBERS

Shanty Asher      Kaimana Barcarse      Margaret Cox      Lynn Fallin

     Kili Namauʻu     Dwight Takeno     Bruce Voss    

Hunter Harris (student representative)   Captain Lyn Yatko (military representative)

Catherine Payne, Chairperson

Kenneth Uemura, Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, October 1, 2020

1:30 p.m.

Virtual Meeting

Register to join the WebEx Meeting Online:

https://hidoe-events.webex.com/hidoe-events/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb4051dc9b27a458f2233faf7aecd3680

Meeting number: 126 910 8037

Meeting password: joinmeeting

Join by phone:

1-844-621-3956 Call-in toll-free number (US)

Meeting Access Code: 126 910 8037

Attendee ID Number: #

AGENDA

I.          Call to Order

II.          *Public Testimony on Board of Education ("Board") Agenda Items *New material added 09/30/2020 at 5:19 p.m. *New Late material added 10/07/2020 at 3:05 p.m. 
NOTE: Written testimony is strongly encouraged. Anyone wishing to testify orally must sign up in advance and log in to WebEx. Testimony over the phone will not be accepted at this time. See below for more information.

III.          Action Items

A. Board Action on authorizing a Board Member to represent the Board in mid-term bargaining with the Hawaii Government Employees Association (Bargaining Unit 6)

B. Board Action on directives regarding telework availability for teachers:  Board intent, telework approval criteria, and telework termination restrictions

C. Board Action on directives regarding Department of Education's use of Department of Health's Guidance for Schools COVID-19 (revised as of September 16, 2020), including applicability of Reopening Thresholds and Learning Model Parameters, criteria for transitioning between instructional delivery modes, decisions and notice of transitions, and suspension of transitions to hybrid and in-person learning

IV.           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: http://boe.hawaii.gov/Pages/Submit-testimony.aspx. 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.

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

Audio of this meeting will be broadcast live. Video of the meeting participants will not be broadcast. Contact the Board Office for information on how to access this broadcast.

Persons requiring an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability should 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 allow additional time to fulfill your request. We will try to obtain the accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.

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                                                                                                                        Catherine Payne, Board Chairperson