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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, October 21, 2021

1:30 p.m. 


Virtual Meeting


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AGENDA 


Written testimonies on Board agenda items *Materials added 2:01 p.m.

  1. Call to Order


  1. Approval of Meeting Minutes of September 2, 2021 Special Meeting, September 16, 2021 General Business Meeting


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


    A. Student Achievement Committee Report on:  (1) Committee Action on Department of Education’s multi-year school calendar (2023-2024 and 2024-2025) and (2) Presentation on student academic status for the 2021-2022 school year: elementary, middle, and high school quarterly grades; English language arts and math universal screener data for elementary and middle schools; and on-track high school graduation

    B. Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on: Committee Action on recommendation concerning the Department of Education’s Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

    C. Joint Student Achievement and Finance and Infrastructure Committee Report on: Student Achievement Committee and Finance and Infrastructure Committee Action on recommendations concerning Board guidance on the Department’s use of federal funds in the second round of the Education 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”)


    1. Action Items

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


    1. Board Action on Student Achievement Committee and Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendations concerning Board guidance on the Department’s use of federal funds in the second round of the Education 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”)

    2. Board Action on Student Achievement Committee recommendations concerning Department of Education’s multi-year school calendar (2023-2024 and 2024-2025) 

    3. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure Committee recommendations concerning Department of Education’s supplemental budget for 2022-2023 

    4. Board Action on Hawaii State Public Library System’s supplemental budget for 2022-2023 

    5. Board Action on acceptance of grant funds and associated timeline from Harold K.L. Castle Foundation and The Learning Coalition for National Association of State Boards of Education services related to the search and selection of a superintendent, Board strategic planning, process for evaluating the superintendent, and Board professional development *new material added 10/18/2021 @ 9:30 a.m.*

    1. Discussion Items 

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


    1. Presentation on school performance results for the 2020-2021 School Year: Strive HI Performance System


    1. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items *new materials added 10/22/2021 at 4:02 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.


    1. 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