We are being depicted the same way I Epstein is is as as a pervert or whatever. But look, no trans people are on the FE list and filed, okay? We're just regular people wanting to mind our business. And so this is someone who lives this Kate. And I I I urge you to look within your hearts to see to clock the hate, to clock the hate and support this bill. Thank you. >> Thank you, Cameron Miamoto on Zoom. >> Chair Kim, Vice Chair Kedani, and members of the Senate Committee on Education. Mahalo for this opportunity to testify today in strong support of SB3024. My name is Cameron Miiamoto and I'm the co-president of P Flag Oahu. We represent parents, friends, families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people. Our families are loving of our LGBTQ students and want to ensure they'll be continued to have safe learning environments in K through 12 and our universities.
Um to pilot this in one grade level um would pretty much make it um very very difficult if not impossible uh to uh schedule and and do all the different things that we wanted to do um to to offer these and to continue to to stay uh up to the legislative um experiences. It is uh when you when you're going to schedule 1300 kids and make sure that every kid has the courses that they need and then and then on top of that, we're going to expand to find the different tracks and the different courses that that they need. Um it's there's just there's a lot that goes into it. Um, and we'll we'll run a schedule through Skyward and Skyward will follow all the rules that we put in and then we'll still have 300, 400, 500 conflicts where we have to uh go back and then manually schedule this many kids.
So if does that make sense what I'm saying? >> Yeah, I mean there's there's a lot of moving pieces with with regards to that and I think you know there's a lot of moving pieces going on right now just with other things too. But I'm I'm happy to take a look I mean you know I was kind of the one that was kind of like initiating this. So I'm happy to take a look at it and >> well why don't we distribute the form the current the current evaluation I don't know is that come from you should sus >> so um if Susan can send or one of you can send that out before our next meeting >> and then at our next meeting let's talk about um what that process is going to look like if if we want to have >> I mean I think >> a couple people look take take some time to make some recommendations and come back to us and have a timeline for it.
>> Yep. So, right now we're in the planning phase setting up all those trainings and then we'll be ready to start for August. So, the the link leaders will run the student orientation in August for the class of 20 >> 30. Yeah. >> Just putting that out there. >> Great. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Thank you, Mark. That was excellent. Thank you. Sorry. I was >> Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. We have one more. >> No, I don't. >> Oh, did you see? >> No, I was just saying I have one graduating from graduating on >> right around the corner. But we know it's going to be here. >> Good evening. Um, I'm here to do the Whiskaners school improvement plan, our midyear update. And like Mark said, um, we I try I'll try to be brief. You, as you know, we always say when you're doing a presentation, you could read what's up here.
>> Do Yeah, it was dog. >> Yeah. I mean, I don't think it should be Yeah, should be straightforward just to make sure there's some sort of process to follow up on that. >> Yes, I'll follow up with you on that one. >> I'm surprised like a phone call to public works didn't really fix the issue. I don't know if they did, but I'm just saying to put it online, right? That's >> true. I'm good. She >> second. >> All in favor? All right, we are journed. Good night. Thanks everyone. Good night.
and to what degree they can be, right? So, I look forward to learning how we can be supportive of um providing the resources to the staff and teachers and to the funding for all of the schools in Chico Unified School District. I'm sure it's not an easy task that you all have to determine where the funding goes, but these matters these they matter. even if um one concern doesn't cancel out the other. Right. So, I want to speak on behalf of Blue Oak and say that they do um consider and accept children with disabilities even if every children's needs aren't met. They can be and I think they should be and that's all. >> Thank you. Do we have any more public comment? Okay, we're going to close the public hearing at this time. Um, this wasformational only, so uh we don't need to take a vote at this time.
So, it's not really a livable wage unfortunately. So, it's really hard to get folks in in the into into the work and stay. Yeah. So that then the goal is for this is right you have this pipeline that you can uh use as we get a lot of uh vacancies and then have folks that are well trained high qualified they know what the work is and what the expectations are and then um we get them right into the workforce to to do >> so they can become career as opposed to >> Yes. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you chair. >> Okay chair over to you. Okay, we are on Senate Bill 2320 relating to agriculture. Establishes the kulana egg tech pathways pilot program to create career pipelines in the fields of agriculture and agricultural technology. It requires university of Hawaii to collaborate with department of education on egg and biocurity agri development business.
Um, our families are scared for the well-being of their students and we really want to ask you to pass this bill today so that we can ensure them that they'll be protected as um legislation and mandates are coming down across the nation which are not supportive of our LGBTQ students. So, please vote today in support of SB 3024. Mahalo. >> Thank you, Michael Hurley. Hello. Uh, my name is Michael Hurley. I am government affairs counsel at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression or FIRE, testifying against two parts of this bill. We all agree that universities have a moral and legal obligation to respond to sexual misconduct, but currently this bill crosses two important constitutional lines. First, its definition of sex-based harassment is over broad and out of step with both Supreme Court president and Title 9 regulations. Uh the Supreme Court has defined student on student harassment as behavior so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive uh that students are effectively denied equal access to an institution's opportunities.
And a lot of times we're doing that um because the process takes so long. A lot of times we're doing that um three days before scheduled pickup, two days before scheduled pickup. Um there have been years where we were there early in the morning on schedule pickup still trying to get um those conflicts scheduled. So it's a ton of hours um in the summertime and throughout the spring to to go through those complex steps. Um, I don't know that I could describe it or show it standing here tonight. >> I I can say with confidence that my assistant principal spent the majority of her summer, and I mean majority of her summer, working on scheduling because it's that time consuming and complex. Um, and that isn't going to necessarily go away. But when you have sixth, seventh, and eighth grade on the same schedule, we have sixth graders, we already know their UAS.
>> I I I would like to have a timeline in place because >> that's the way we get things done. >> Exactly. >> I think the current form is good. I think it's a good tool. I think some of the questions that we're asked to um rate him on are not clear. >> Yeah. Okay. >> And I think that is something we can look at. >> I think the tool in itself, >> how we use it in the ratings, I think work. >> Yeah. >> The instrument needs re revision, but the delivery method is fine. I think that's what you're saying. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, does that sound good? So, we'll we'll get the we'll get the um >> the the the questionnaire, the form out to us all >> and then at our next meeting >> review it and make any comments about what we want to change >> or who's going or who's going to take that on and make the recommendations back to the board by a certain date.
I will try to summarize um if I do start to get uh a little lengthy, you know, Deb could give me the hook if need be. Um similar to what uh the high school um talk what Mark talked about and also what Dave will talk about is one of our educational outcomes that we talked about is our consistent use of the MTSS process and protocols that we have within the district. I know Debb and um our curriculum people have done a lot of work with that and our interventionists but I did speak about we have a um math literacy we also have a social emotional executive functioning MTSS this year which is was the for the first time something we've we've uh started to work with and they meet once a month reviewing student data could be beginning of the year now we're doing our midyear data and then also students that are currently in an intervention how they're doing what strategies have worked um things like that that they could pass on to specific teachers so that they'll be able to utilize those during um during the class time.
All right, we are going to be moving on um to item three. Uh this is going to be a discussion action item. Um, at this time we're going to be discussing um we're going to be having a discussion regarding the purchase and contract uh for Riverside Technologies camera and video surveillance system um refresh using BCATA technology. So I'd like to invite John Vincent to come up at this time. >> Good evening board. So, I was uh thinking instead of maybe doing discussing cameras, we could bring the choir back for like four or five more numbers, but I think it looks like they may have left. So, we'll just dive into cameras. So, and excuse me, please. I we don't have a slideshow today, so I'm going to be referring to my notes. So, please excuse me for looking down multiple times. There's been a lot of discussion about Chica Unifi's recent camera system purchase.
We have a number of members testifying. First of all, Kayashi from education DOE. Okay, he was in our hearing earlier. Uh Wendy Grady Oati not here. Uh that's for agri business in support. Hawaii department of a culture and biocurity department. >> Okay. And then Brian Miamoto from >> Thank you chair. The Hawaii Farm Bureau will stand on it written testimony and support. >> Great. Thank you. Anyone else wishing to testify on this measure? >> Please. Please identify yourself. >> Aloha, chairs, vice chairs, and the committees. My name is Carlen McFaten. I'm testifying on behalf of Hawaii Food Plus policy. Um, I actually was the author of the Kuana Act Tech Pathways proposal um that I sent to you, Mike Gabbard. Uh, so thank you so much for hearing this proposal and I just want to testify in strong support of this bill on behalf again for Hawaii food plus policy and I'll briefly highlight why this bill matters.
Many courts have cited Davis to strike down over broad harassment definitions like this bill's noting that they reach speech protected by the First Amendment. Uh this bill's definition falls far short of the Davis standard and will reach campus protests, student media, and other protected speech. Uh second, the bill lacks basic procedural protections constitutionally required by courts uh or through federal title 9 regulations, including providing respondents with detailed notice of allegations, holding a hearing, and allowing each party access to all the evidence in the institution's possession. I identify more gaps in my written testimony, and I'm happy to take questions. >> Thank you very much. Jan Go, University of Hawaii. Uh, University of Hawaii stands on its written testimony with comments. >> Okay. Would you like to share some of the comments considering the nature of all of this? >> Okay. Uh, yeah. I think uh I was just scrolling through um the the federal regulations on Title 9 with regards to the process for how to deal with the complaint and the investigation process.
Um, it makes it a little bit easier. And when you don't have that silo of putting a student on a team, then you have the autonomy to put the you can balance out class sizes that way. You don't, you know, have to have the kid on that team and with that schedule. And it makes it it gives you a little bit more flexibility within scheduling. is seriously is that like a manual process she goes through? Aren't there tools? >> Well, like Dr. Harp alluded to, you put it in Skyward. You give it parameters. You give it parameters and then it'll spit out how many conflicts you have and then you have to manually go through and determine these conflicts and figure it out. I mean, it really >> I got a new business idea over here. I'm going to retire in a couple years if that's >> to get to get to that point.
>> Yeah. >> Right. >> And then we can kind of >> like I I I don't want to I don't think we need to to workshop the whole form here. >> Like I think I think if if if >> if if maybe two people want to take on going through it and doing a redlinined. Well, what I would recommend is if we all get it >> and then look at it and give our feet and put comments on it >> and then give it to I I mean rather than two people go through it and then someone go, "Oh, well, I don't think that you know." Yes. >> Whereas if each of us goes through it and makes comments and then if there's two people that want to >> gather that and get it back >> before the middle of March, >> I'll have to look at that because I know we had like a process that we agreed to.
>> Excuse me, Dean. >> Press. >> Yeah. Can you can you enlarge it so we can see the slideshow? >> Oh, up top. That >> Thank you. >> No, >> where my go to the right. >> Oh, I was going to go right. >> You got it right there. >> Oh, you wanted the big big. All right. >> That does look better. Um I know I've and again when I say this I know I've spoken about the interimm assessment blocks which are questions and things about the standards that go along with the smarter balance testing andor the um NGSS testing. Um we had that math literacy and science we use those uh staff or teachers will use those maybe uh take questions from those and incorporate depending on what they're learning in the content at that time with students. It could be like a problem of the day for math is something that they're working on.
Tonight I'd like to cover the rationale for the decision to migrate from our current system which is Milestone to Verata. We'd also like to dispel rumors about how this system works, how data is safeguarded and the vendor's reputation. So first and foremost, you can't hear. So I can move this to the side. There are some seats though that have become available if anyone would be more comfortable sitting down. >> Is this better like this? >> Yes. >> All right. >> So, first and foremost, this is not a new system. So, what we're doing is it's a camera refresh what we currently have in place. So, we're going to be taking down one camera and putting another camera in its place. The change doesn't include a new way to access camera. It does include a new way to access cameras, but again, this is not a brand new roll out.
Hawaii's farmers are aging, our food system is shrinking and we still import most of the food that we eat. At the same time, many young people want to work in agriculture but do not see a clear pathway. SB2320 helps us to close this gap. This bill brings high demand skills like GIS, drone technology, climate smart farming, and agricultural data into high school and uh programs. It creates real internships and dual credit pathways that connect students directly to farms and local businesses with regional a tech hubs tailored to each county. This bill would support workforce development, food security, and prep the next generation to steward the I know with both cultural knowledge and modern technology. Therefore, Hawaii Food Plus policy respect respectfully urges your support for SB2320. >> Thank you so much. Anyone else? >> Chair, vice chair, thank you for the opportunity. Uh sorry that our testimony was little bit late but it has been submitted and received.
It's fairly detailed. It's like 26 pages long. Um and we are still combing through um I think some of the more detailed nuances of the measure. Uh but but there is concern for there being um some conflict between uh the way the bill is currently written and some of the express language of the federal regulations. So, we would encourage um probably experts, legal experts with a title N background to really kind of comb through all of this and see make sure that we're not putting um the university or the DOE in a situation where complying with one will mean non-compliance with another. >> Okay, we'll call up the AG after this. Um Kayashi Good afternoon, Chair Kim, Vice Chair Kedani, members of the committee. Sean Bacon, assistant superintendent for the Office of Talent Management, speaking on behalf of the department. We stand on our written testimony offering comments and just a little bit to elaborate.