State Public Charter School Commission Meetings
Commission meetings are open to the public. Public testimony, both written and oral on any posted agenda item, is welcomed and encouraged. Persons interested in submitting written testimony shall clearly identify the agenda item the testimony pertains to and submit the written testimony to commission.mail@spcsc.hawaii.gov or 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1100, Honolulu, HI 96813. The Commission requests that written testimony be submitted by 8:00 a.m. three business days prior to the Commission meeting to be included in the Commission’s board packet. Written testimony submitted within 48 hours of the meeting will be shared and posted after the start of the meeting. Submitted written testimony is posted online, see agenda(s) for details. Oral testimony provided during meetings are captured in the meeting minutes.
Agendas and minutes for Commission general business meetings and committee meetings can be found in the table below. Meeting material on the agenda items are linked to the HTML agendas. (Note: The HTML agendas begin with the October 31, 2013 committee meetings.)
Please email commission.mail@spcsc.hawaii.gov to receive notices of Commission meetings.
The Commission will be deliberating on the 23 charter schools whose contracts are ending on June 30, 2023 in January 2023. If you are interested in reviewing any of the submitted renewal applications, please scroll down and click on the 'Charter Contract Renewal Applications Available' tab for link(s) to the documents.
The State Public Charter School Commission is posting the video recordings of its general business and committee meetings beginning December 16, 2021. The video recordings will remain posted until the Commission approves the meeting minutes at its next scheduled meeting. Once the meeting minutes are accepted, the video will be removed from the website and deleted.
General Business Meeting - January 20, 2023
General Business Meeting - January 18, 2023
General Business Meeting - January 13, 2023
General Business Meeting - January 12, 2023
General Business Meeting - January 11, 2023*
Applications Committee Meeting - December 8, 2022
Performance & Accountability Committee - November 10, 2022
Administration & Operations Committee - August 25, 2022
*Due to technical issues, the recording available only covers the first charter school, Alakai O Kauai PCS for the January 11, 2023 meeting. The Commission has worked extensively with Zoom technicians, on this issue; however, the technicians were unable to recover the recording for the remainder of this meeting
The Commission will be deliberating on the 23 charter schools whose contracts are ending on June 30, 2023 in January 2023. If you are interested in reviewing any of the submitted renewal applications, please click on the school's name below for the link to the documents.
Persons interested in submitting written testimony shall clearly identify the agenda item the testimony pertains to and submit the written testimony to commission.mail@spcsc.hawaii.gov or 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1100, Honolulu, HI 96813. The Commission requests that written testimony be submitted by 8:00 a.m. three business days prior to the Commission meeting to be included in the Commission’s board packet. Written testimony submitted within 48 hours of the meeting will be shared and posted after the start of the meeting. Submitted written testimony is posted online, see agenda(s) for details. Oral testimony provided during meetings are captured in the meeting minutes.
Resources
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