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STATE OF HAWAII

BOARD OF EDUCATION

GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING

 

MEMBERS

Patricia Bergin      Margaret Cox      Nolan Kawano

     Kili Namauʻu     Dwight Takeno     Kenneth Uemura     Bruce Voss    

David Texeria (student representative)   Captain Lyn Hammer (military representative)

Catherine Payne, Chairperson

Brian De Lima, Vice Chairperson

NOTICE OF MEETING

Thursday, October 4, 2018

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 10/04/2018*

III.         Approval of Meeting Minutes of September 20, 2018

IV.         Reports of Board Committees, Board Members, and Superintendent

A. Student Achievement Committee Report on:  (1) Presentation on Complex Area Superintendent Report:  special education and English learner in the Honokaa-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena Complex Area; (2) Committee Action on social studies standards for elementary and secondary

B. Superintendent's Report:   (1) October 2018 Education Update; (2) update on school visits; (3) update on 2017-2020 Department of Education and Board of Education Joint Strategic Plan implementation: Focus on special education fiscal allocation update 

V.          Discussion Items

A. Update on Superintendent's evaluation for 2018-2019 School Year: adjustments to and status of achieving Superintendent's priorities **Note: revised material; progress column added** (10/01/2018)

VI.         *Public Testimony on Board Agenda Items   

VII.        Action Items

A. Board Action on adjustments to Superintendent's priorities (Superintendent's evaluation for 2018-2019 School Year) **Note: revised material; progress column added** (10/01/2018)

B. Board Action on Student Achievement Committee recommendations concerning social studies standards for elementary and secondary

C. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure and Student Achievement Joint Committee recommendations concerning approving for public hearing draft amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 19, Student Misconduct, Discipline, School Searches and Seizures, Reporting Offenses, Police Interviews and Arrests, and Restitution for Vandalism

D. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure and Student Achievement Joint Committee recommendations concerning approving for public hearing repeal of Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 41, Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedure and adoption of draft of new Chapter 89, Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedures for Student(s) Complaints against Adult(s)

VIII.       Executive Session
This portion of the meeting is a closed meeting under Section 92‑4 and Section 92‑5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

A. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure and Student Achievement Joint Committee recommendations concerning approving for public hearing draft amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 19, Student Misconduct, Discipline, School Searches and Seizures, Reporting Offenses, Police Interviews and Arrests, and Restitution for Vandalism

B. Board Action on Finance and Infrastructure and Student Achievement Joint Committee recommendations concerning approving for public hearing repeal of Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 41, Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedure and adoption of draft of new Chapter 89, Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedures for Student(s) Complaints against Adult(s)

IX.        Adjournment

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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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Chairperson Office Hour:  The Board Chairperson is available to meet with members of the public on matters related to public education on the day of the meeting noted above from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Board Office, by appointment. Contact the Board Office, no later than the day prior to the meeting date, for an appointment.

 

 

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