This is an in-person meeting. All participating Board members will be at our public meeting location. The Board offers the public the courtesy of participating online from nonpublic locations. If the online audio or video stops working, the in-person meeting will keep going. To learn how to join online, go to https://boe.hawaii.gov/participate-virtually/.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI
BOARD OF EDUCATION - PAPA HOʻONAʻAUAO
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
MEMBERS
Roy M. Takumi, Chairperson
Bill Arakaki, Vice Chairperson
Elynne Chung Kahele Dukelow Mary Hattori
Ken Kuraya Wesley Lo Cheri Souza
NOTICE OF MEETING
Thursday, November 12, 2026
1:30 p.m.
Public Meeting Location
Queen Liliʻuokalani Building
1390 Miller Street, Room 404
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813
Courtesy Virtual Meeting Information
Register to join the WebEx meeting online:
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Join by phone:
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AGENDA
The Board will accept public testimony with each agenda item.
List of documents distributed to Board members before the meeting
- Call to order
- Oral report of the Board Chairperson
A. Update on Board self-assessment
B. Quarterly report of the Student Representative
C. Recognition of former Student Representative Mia Nishiguchi - Revised community meeting schedule for the 2026-2027 fiscal year
- Report of the Superintendent
A. Updates on major construction projects
B. Awards and recognitions for students, employees, and schools - Executive session: Consultation with the Board’s counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities concerning Orial v. DOE, et al., Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001337, and Wilhelm v. DOE, et al., Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001609, pursuant to paragraph 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes
[This portion of the meeting is a closed meeting under section 92-4 and paragraph 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes.] - Action on findings and recommendations of investigative committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to paragraph 92-2.5(b)(1), Hawaii Revised Statutes) investigation relating to nomination of individuals to serve as members of the State Public Charter School Commission: Erika Cravalho-Meyers and Kaleokalani Kuroda
- Action on the election of committee member to the Student Achievement Committee for the 2026-2027 fiscal year
- Action on designation of Board Members to an ad hoc committee (a permitted interaction group pursuant to paragraph 92-2.5(b)(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes) concerning the 2027 legislative session
- Action on end-of-year evaluation of the State Librarian for 2025-2026 fiscal year
- Action on process to evaluate the State Librarian for 2026-2027 fiscal year performance
- Action on end-of-year evaluation of, and potential compensation adjustment for, the Superintendent for 2025-2026 fiscal year
- Student Achievement Committee oral report on October 8, 2026, meeting
- Finance and Infrastructure Committee oral report on October 8, 2026, meeting
- Oral report on events attended by Board members in October 2026
- Adjournment
The meeting agenda and materials are online on the Board’s website here: https://boe.hawaii.gov/agendas/. To get on the mailing list, visit the Board’s website here: https://boe.hawaii.gov/.
The Board offers a live broadcast of its meetings as a courtesy to the public. You can find instructions for joining the live broadcast here: https://boe.hawaii.gov/participate-virtually/.
If you need special assistance or an auxiliary aid/service to participate in this meeting (like a sign interpreter, interpreter for a language other than English, or wheelchair accessibility), contact Board office staff at (808) 586-3334 and/or BOE.Hawaii@boe.hawaii.gov. Contact us as soon as possible, but preferably at least three days before the meeting. Requests made early are more likely to be fulfilled.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Under Hawaiʻi’s Sunshine Law (chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes), all testimony, both written and spoken, must be about an item on the agenda.
Written Testimony
The Board accepts written testimony on any agenda item. We strongly encourage this as the primary way to submit testimony.
All testimony is posted publicly and permanently on the Board’s website, and referenced in meeting minutes. Remove or block out any personal information you do not want posted (like your name, email, phone number, or picture).
You can submit written testimony:
- Online using the appropriate form here: https://boe.hawaii.gov/submit-testimony/. Fill out one form for each agenda item you want to comment on; or
- By mail to: Hawaiʻi State Board of Education, P.O. Box 2360, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96804.
Written testimony received more than three business days before the meeting will be sent to Board members and posted on the website's meeting agenda. Written testimony received after this time but before the meeting will also be posted on the website’s meeting agenda by the start of the meeting. Any written testimony received after the last posting of testimony before the meeting and up until 11:59 p.m. of the meeting day will be posted as late testimony.
Oral Testimony
The Board accepts oral testimony in person and as a courtesy, also online. To sign up to testify either in person or online, fill out the appropriate form here: https://boe.hawaii.gov/submit-testimony/. Fill out one form for each agenda item you want to testify on.
- For in-person testimony: Come to the table when your name is called.
- For online testimony:
- You must register and log in to the WebEx meeting online using the details in the meeting agenda. Use the exact same name, including any alias, you used on the sign-up form. We cannot call on you if you use a different name.
- All testifiers must use their computer audio to participate. We cannot call on you if you call in only by phone. Test your speakers and microphone beforehand to make sure they work.
- During the meeting, your microphone should be muted until it is your turn to testify. When your name is called, a message will appear asking you to unmute. If we cannot hear you, we will call the next testifier.
- For remote meetings only, you can request to be made visible. When you are prompted and/or able, turn on your camera. Test your camera ahead of time to make sure it works.
- We may turn off a participant's audio or video if needed.
- For detailed steps on how to join online, go to https://boe.hawaii.gov/participate-virtually/.
Board office staff will call on testifiers by agenda item. You can only testify on an agenda item once, even if you signed up multiple times for the same item. When it is your turn to testify, say your name, organization, and position if you have one, and the agenda item you are speaking on.
Each person has three minutes to testify, but the chairperson may change this time. You will hear a single bell when you have 30 seconds left. You will hear a double bell when your time is over, and your microphone may be automatically muted. Testifiers cannot give their time to other people.
Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.
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Roy M. Takumi, Board Chairperson
Board Office • boe.hawaii.gov • boe.hawaii@boe.hawaii.gov • (808)586-3334
P.O. Box 2360, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96804