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

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 

COMMITTEE

MEMBERS:

Shanty Asher      Kaimana Barcarse     

Lyla Berg     Lynn Fallin  

    Catherine Payne     Kenneth Uemura 

Kili Namauʻu, Committee Chairperson

Bill Arakaki, Committee Vice Chairperson

FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

MEMBERS:

Bill Arakaki     Kili Namauʻu        

    Catherine Payne

Bruce Voss, Committee Chairperson

Lynn Fallin, Committee Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, October 21, 2021

11:00 a.m. 

Virtual Meeting

Register to join the WebEx Meeting Online:
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Meeting number: 2551 488 4838

Meeting password: joinmeeting

Join by phone:

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AGENDA

Written testimonies on Board agenda items *Materials added 10/20/2021 at 2:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order 

2. Recommendation for Action

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

1. 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”)

3. Late Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items

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

4. 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.