THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, January 23, 2026

TIME:

1:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

EDU

 

 

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

The Senate Committee on Education will hold an Informational Briefing on:

 

1.     25-06 Audit – Department of Education and the Department of Transportation’s Administration of Driver Education Programs

 

Responders:

Office of the Auditor:

Les Kondo, State Auditor

 

Department of Education:         

Keith Hayashi - Superintendent

Heidi Armstrong - Deputy Superintendent of Academics

Jesse Souki - Deputy Superintendent of Operations

Teri Ushijima - Assistant Superintendent of the Office of Curricular and Instructional Design

Jan Meeker – Driver Education Resource Teacher

 

            Department of Transportation:

Ed Sniffen - Director

 

 

2.     25-09 Audit – An update on the Department of Education’s Heat Abatement Efforts.

 

Responders:

Office of the Auditor:

Les Kondo, State Auditor

 

Department of Education:         

Keith Hayashi - Superintendent

Heidi Armstrong - Deputy Superintendent of Academics

Jesse Souki - Deputy Superintendent of Operations

Audrey Hidano – Assistant Superintendent of the Office of Facilities & Operation

 

3.     Department of Education processes for Medicare Medicaid [ADDED 01-22-26] billing and reimbursement.

 

Responders:

Department of Education:         

Keith Hayashi - Superintendent

Heidi Armstrong - Deputy Superintendent of Academics

Kinau Gardner - Assistant Superintendent of the Office of Student Support Services

Mikeal Stansbury - Officer of Student Support Services

MedQuest Representative [ADDED 01-22-26]

 

 

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please call the committee clerk at the telephone number listed below or email s.jansons@capitol.hawaii.gov at EDUcommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov [ADDED 01-22-26]. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-587-7200.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Donna Mercado Kim

Chair