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STATE OF HAWAII
BOARD OF EDUCATION
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
MEMBERS:
Keith Amemiya Nancy Budd Charlene Cuaresma
Angelica Wai Sam Lao Kim Gennaula Cheryl Ka’uhane Lupenui
Wesley Lo Jim Williams
Donald Horner, Chairperson
Brian De Lima, Vice Chairperson
NOTICE OF MEETING
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
8:30 a.m.
Queen Liliuokalani Building
1390 Miller Street, Room 404
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. Call to Order
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. * Executive Session on Personnel, Collective
Bargaining and Legal Matters
a. Update/Discussion on Hawaii State Teachers Association Contract and related Hawaii State Labor Board matters
b. Consultation with the Deputy Attorney General on Board powers, duties, privileges, immunities and liabilities
9:15 a.m. Reconvene General Business
I. Approval of Minutes
II. ** Public Testimony on Board of Education (Board) Agenda Items
III. Reports/Announcements of Board Committees, Members, Superintendent, and Hawaii State Student Council
a. Report of the Human Resource Committee
i. Department of Education (Department) recommendation on Proposed Amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 41, entitled “Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedure”
b. Report of the Student Achievement Committee
i. Status report and discussion on implementation of the Department’s Strategic Plan
ii. Setting first draft of the Student Achievement Committee agenda for 2012 to include:
1. Implementation of Common Core State Standards (expectations for student knowledge and skills) pursuant to Board Policy 4540, entitled "High School Graduation Requirements and Commencement Policy”
2. Discussion on core Race to the Top grant for education reforms to State of Hawaii from U.S. Department of Education (RTTT) strategic initiative to support teacher training entitled "Great Teachers, Great Leaders"
3. Discussion on core RTTT strategic initiative to improve low performing schools entitled “Zones of School Innovation” and community engagement
c. Report of the Finance and Infrastructure Committee
i. Department’s Budget Briefing report to the 2012 Hawaii State Legislature
ii. Department’s recommendation to designate Leeward Oahu (Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, Campbell, and Kapolei complexes) as a school impact district, pursuant to Chapter 302A-1604, Hawaii Revised Statutes
iii. Department’s recommendation to revise the priority of capital improvement projects for which funds were appropriated by the 2011 Hawaii State Legislature
iv. Department’s recommended advertising amendments to Board Policy 6340, “Commercialism Policy”
d. Superintendent’s Report
e. Hawaii State Student Council (HSSC) Report
i. District Student Council Goals
ii. District Input on Senior Project (discontinuation as requirement for Recognition Diploma)
iii. District Input on School Closure/Consolidation Criteria
iv. District Input on Standards-Based Secondary School Report Card
v. Composition of the HSSC
vi. Approval of 2011-2012 HSSC Education Platform
f. Update/Discussion on the Board Community Meetings
IV. Presentation/Discussion by the Friends of the Library of Hawaii, a non-profit organization that supports and promotes Hawaii’s public libraries
Presentation - Friends of the Library Hawaii
V. Presentation/Update/Discussion on the Race to the Top grant for education reforms to State of Hawaii from U.S. Department of Education
VI. Discussion on the Board’s review process of the Department’s update of the 2011-2018 Strategic Plan
VII. Recommendations for Action:
a. Presentation/Discussion/Board action on the proposed 2011-12 Secondary Student Conference (conference for Hawaii’s secondary school students to identify, discuss and arrive at recommended solutions to major youth problems, with emphasis on school problems that require the attention and joint action by the students, the Department of Education and the Hawaii State Legislature) resolutions to be presented to the 2012 Hawaii State Legislature and the Board
Proposed 2011-12 SSC Resolutions
b. Discussion/Board action on the Department’s recommendation to designate Leeward Oahu (Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, Campbell and Kapolei complexes) as a school impact district, pursuant to Chapter 302A-1604, Hawaii Revised Statutes
Leeward School Impact District Exhibit A Exhibit B
c. Discussion/Board action on the Department’s recommendation to revise the priority of capital improvement projects for which funds were appropriated by the 2011 Hawaii State Legislature
Revise CIP appropriated by 2011 Hawaii State Legislature
VIII. Adjournment
* This portion of the meeting is a closed meeting under Section 92-4 and sections 92-5(2), (3), and (4), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
** Any interested person may submit data, views, or arguments in writing to the Board on any agenda item. An individual or representative wishing to testify should register prior to the meeting. Testimony must be related to an item that is on the agenda and such person shall be required to identify the agenda item to be addressed by the testimony. Each individual or representative of an organization is allotted two minutes, or an amount of time otherwise designated by the Chairperson, to provide testimony to the Board.
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Donald Horner, Board Chairperson