Members, any questions? Seeing none, moving on. Next, we have SB 2390 relating to insurance. First up, Director Yammane. >> Thank you, Chair >> Ned Quest. >> Yes. Hi, this is Randy Star representing the Department of Human Services.
Dr. Brown. I recommend the board approve with one motion and one vote the consent agenda items 26-101 through and including 26-108.1 as presented. Can I get a motion? I make a motion we approve 26-101 through 26-108.1. Can I get a second? I'll second.
And I think that we just need to be certain and be certain of the choices we're making and understand the risks that come, but also hope for a better future for our school. And that's me of our school and hope for trying trying to represent what I think students um feel at least for our school. So, the students that are out of your high school are are backing coach Gran >> that there's there's I Yeah, I I just wanted to voice my opinion that I understand that it's a big decision, but and I know that there's a lot of students that want this and I think the board will make the right decision. Do I have an emotion going to come from the board? I make a motion to deny it. Think we have a motion to deny. Do I have a second? >> Second.
So, it's been pretty tough um with those funds as well as title three was cut by about 3,000 and title four was also cut um even though our upp which is our unduplicated pupil percent uh that's our students our high need students that need additional supports. So, even though we have a higher percentage of students with needs, we um those federal funds are not adjusted for that. And then our supplemental concentration funding is projected to increase slightly because of the higher UP, but that's an overall portion of our LCFF funding. And it has to be used for specific programs to support those high need students. So it can't be used for just general expenses. So sometimes people say, "Oh, we're getting more SNC funding, so that's good. That could go towards raises. That could go towards um different programs." It has to be for specific programs that are in the LCAP and that are related to the students who generate that funding.
So, we definitely, like I said, are experienced kind of like this new California healthy kids data that we haven't given in a while. So, um, we'll definitely look at this in a couple of months to see if any of our percentages have changed dramatically based on how it was given in the fall. >> Great. Thank you. >> I actually have a few questions as well. Thank you so much for the presentation. I always really like hearing about how we're doing on our LCAP. And I also just wanted to highlight goal number one. Um truly it's amazing to see these numbers because you know when we started with the work with PBIS MTSS um you know integrating um positive behavior and making sure that we have multi-tered systems of support for our students it really shows that it works like this is something that you know I'm always looking at and making sure that our students are getting that kind of care and like the positive environment that the school site can provide to them and this is the result of that work.
Um, if you'd like us to revise our testimony to reflect my oral testimony, >> we're happy. I >> just want to question that testimony only because it states the attitude or the intent of DOE. Did you folks even check with some of the schools that this this thing would go? >> Yes, we did. We checked with all of the schools that are under the CLSD grant and they echoed um my testimony today um echoes their sentiments. They are very supportive of bookmaking and book publishing. Um we the department feels a law is not necessary at this time and because the bill does come with funding. The department has made a concerted effort this session not to um ask for funding that um is not already included in our board approved budget. >> Okay. So if you check my testimony, there's a testimony from Liki School.
The department stands on its testimony and I'm happy to answer any questions you might have. >> Thank you. Next we have State of Hawaii Insurance Division providing comments. >> Good afternoon. Testimony. >> Thank you. Jack Leuen, State Health Planning and Development Agency in support. >> Uh chair, members. Yes, we we support and stand on our testimony. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next, we have John. I'm assuming either Kermitsu or Chang from Kaiser Perman Permanente. Are you present John on Zoom? not present on Zoom. Chair. >> Okay. Walden Hour, I just saw you walk in. HMSA providing comments. >> Chair, vice chair, um thank you for allowing us to come up and provide comments on this bill. Uh we appreciate the needs that the advocates have raised about access. Um we just would like to point out that while there was an auditor's report 25501, uh the bill that it referenced and the study that it referenced was for medically necessary biomarker testing.
Any discussion? Vote signified by saying I. I. Any opposed? Passed. Dr. Brown. Right. I'd like to ask, first of all, our athletic director, Devin Briley. You've got a couple of important new hires. You'd like to introduce some new coaches to us. Thank you all. Um good evening. It's my pleasure to introduce our new head football coach, Patrick Morrison. Coach Morrison brings a wealth of knowledge and several years of coaching experience to our program and has spent the past year as an assistant within our program. He's passionate about developing young men both on and off the field and is excited to build on the foundation already in place as he leads our program forward. Please join me in welcoming Coach Morrison to the podium to say a few words. Thank you guys. Thank you, Dr. Brown and the school board, um Mr. Lawhead, Mr. Briley, Mr.
>> Moved and seconded. Any more discussion within the board? I'll call for the question. All those in favor of the motion to deny the application of Coach Grenell, >> I >> Wow. >> Motion carries unanimously. >> It's embarrassment. America to your community. All the kids say >> you wonder why the the this high school and the other high school down is because of your guys >> over there are public elected officials. >> You're disappointed as the ballot but please be respectful. >> Are we able to where do we submit like suggestions for members? >> Elections come back. Yes. >> So, >> we have another item that was pulled from the consent. >> Justin principal. >> We're going to take the five minute recess on the committee. No backbone. >> Zero back. How many students? >> Let's go. Shame on you. Shame on you. Leave that.
The funding for supplemental concentration is generated by the high need students or our percentage of um students and the subgroups of lowincome poverty foster youth uh homeless youth. So we couldn't just use it for overall expenses even if that increases. And then Prop 28 uh is ongoing which is great. Home to school transportation the TK implementation um grant that's all part of the LCFF and the ELOP extended learning opportunity funding will receive the cola and those funds there. We have started some great programs with our music and theater um and band programs as well as um the afterchool programs that we offer. So, I'm really happy to hear that's ongoing um because sometimes they add ongoing funding and it can go away, but those will only be increased by that co. So, I always have this slide in there every year that kind of shows right out the gate when we start next year.
So, thank you, Mr. Carroll, for doing an incredible job and really pushing all of our school sites to really reduce the amount of suspensions that we're seeing, not seeing any expulsions, which is amazing. I, you know, that's my least favorite thing about, you know, being on the school board. And so, it's really impressive that we were able to see this progress. And I'm really um happy that we're um through the end of the line for a PBS training. And I really hope that we continue on um making sure that our teachers, everyone at the school site is really continuing on using um these practices that they've learned. So I just wanted to say thank you. This is amazing and I'm really excited for it. And and also I also had other questions too. Um I wanted to uh actually jump to goal number three really quickly.
Yes. In support of it. And it says, "The students of Licky Licki Elementary come from diverse backgrounds with over 12 languages spoken on campus, including origins from Ukraine, China, Vietnam, Philippines, Palao, Continental US. The student authored publication program will provide each student with the opportunity to share their unique thoughts, culture, and dreams. The final publication would also serve as a lifelong memory to be shared with their families or house the school library permanently. For these reasons, we respectfully urge you support this pilot program. We have another one from Carrie Higo from Lanakila Elementary School. So, these are schools in which we're not telling you to put together a completely new program. This is like a capstone. This is this will encompass everything that they're learning and allow students to be creative, allow students to be able to have confidence that they can become a published author among so many other benefits that's in here.
We would respectfully ask either to align with the study to allow for medically necessary or m mandate coverage for medically necessary biomarker testing or I would potentially have to go back to study. Thank you for the opportunity. >> Okay. Thank you very much. Next, American Lung Association in Hawaii um in support. >> Aloha chair committee members Pedro Har executive director of the American Lung Association. You have my written testimony. I just wanted to highlight that it's critical for Senate Bill 2390 to avoid the phrase medical necessity as that term often allows insurance companies to apply their own restrictive internal criteria to override providers clinical judgment by instead anchoring coverage to established clinical evidence and peer-reviewed standards of care. The bill ensures access to biomearket testing is determined by the latest the latest medical science rather than administrative gatekeeping. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you very much.
Brookhollow, the interview committee for this opportunity. Uh in eighth grade I played football at Madison. I'd played basketball and decided to go out and give football a try. After that season I fell in love with football um and it was my dream to be the head football coach one day at Madison. Well, not everybody gets to live their dream a second time. So, I'm proudly and excited about this opportunity to be the head football coach here at Madison again. When I stepped away 7 years ago, wasn't fully ready to step away then. So, that that fire reignited in me a couple couple months ago and when the opportunity presented itself I was more than willing to go after it. Um Obviously, we have great players here and they're obviously even better young men. Planning to put together a great staff. Um and looking forward to making a positive difference in building a family atmosphere.
Watch what happens. >> Way to chase people. >> Have you ever seen anything like this? Probably not. And you never will again. You're right. Good. Thank you, Joe. >> Welcome. So, we have one more item that was removed from the consent. Two more items. Um, you want to fix the minutes on the general appro. >> Yes. I just wanted to add that um during my comment, I also supported Stacy um Adams desire to explore combining schools. If we can add that to the minutes, please. Thank you. remember that. Okay. Going on to the second item that was removed. >> Oh, other than that, that's the only thing on that. >> Yes. >> I have a motion to all those in favor of consent. I'm approving the 5.1 of the consent. >> I unanimous. Moving on to the final thing. 5.2 Justin Bixby. >> Do you have motion to make Jackie on that one?
Um these are costs that we have. So, step and column is something that's just going to happen year to year because everybody moves unless you know people are topped out a certain step. majority of people move and um over a step and column and our stirs and pers those are our retirement costs. So right out the gate uh we have $176,923 in required expenses. So that's without receiving any additional funding. That's on top of everything we're spending right now. Current salaries, benefits, utilities, food, technology, all of that. But our LCFF is only projected to increase of 108,000. So, right out the gate, we're we have a deficit. This is why I say it's troubling when they want to take money from Prop 98, schools, if anything, year-over-year should have increased funding. So, if we're short 68,000 right out the gate, what happens if we have to make a higher special ed contribution?
I wanted to ask about um parent education. I did notice there was a piece in there that you talk about um child care in one of the parent education nights. I I'm just curious like what that kind of looks like. Like is it like a workshop that they're talking to? Do you talk to like the different child care providers in the district? Like I'm just curious like what that kind of engagement looks like. >> Yeah. So, so when we offer in-person um trainings, most of our trainings have been virtual just because it seems like we can get more people to attend that way. But when we do offer in-person trainings, um, we will reach out to some of our par educators typically and we'll pay them an hourly rate to provide child care and oftentimes food too. >> Oh, awesome. Okay, that's cool. And I also wanted to ask too, um, with the surveys that we're sending out to our students, um, can you reexlain the opt-in opt out for me again?
And so it just troubles me that the DOE is really not focused on how we're delivering our education and not being creative in this. I mean, you guys spend what how many how many hundred thousands of dollars on trips and you're saying that this is a financial burden? >> No, we're not saying it's a financial >> financial constraints facing this through the state and you so we're not asking for additional funding and the two schools that have expressed um great interest which is wonderful. um we will work with those schools within our existing [clears throat] um budget and see if they are serious about doing that next year, how can we support them. We are not asking for additional funding from the legislature and we are also um stating that we don't think that in order to do this it needs to become a law.
Next we have American um Alzheimer's Association in support. Kobe, did you leave? Okay. Biotechnical Innovation Organization in support. Primo Castro, please proceed. >> Primo. >> Yes. >> Aloha, chair, vice chair, members of the committee. For the record, my name is Primo Castro with the Biotechnology Innovation Organization or Bio. We strongly support SB2390. Bio represents biotech innovators across the country, companies working to develop treatments that save and improve lives. A key part of this progress is biomarker testing which helps clinicians identify the right treatment for the right patient at the right time. Biomarkers guide precision medicine especially in cancer and rare diseases by showing which patients are most likely to benefit from targeted therapies when testing is delayed or not covered. Patients may may miss life-saving options. Unfortunately, a recent report found that the majority of states lack minimum coverage requirements for biomarker testing, leaving many patients without access.
So, and lastly, I'd like to thank my my family for being here this evening, Jessica, Collins, Tatum, and Asher. Although, if you look at my sons right now, I don't know if they knew I was applying for the soccer job or basketball job based on the balls that they brought this evening, but >> [laughter] >> but thank you guys very much. So, Congratulations. Now, it's my pleasure to introduce our new head softball coach, Kevin Briley. Coach Briley brings a wealth of knowledge and several years of coaching experience and has also spent the last year as an assistant in our softball program. Um he's has a strong passion for the game and is excited to continue the growth for the program while creating positive competitive experience for our student athletes. Please join me in welcoming Coach Briley to the podium to say a few words. All right.