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

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, January 28, 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 G E N D A

 

 

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

 

1.     Teacher Education Coordinating Committee (TECC): Teacher Preparation Programs and Workforce Outcomes

 

Responders:

Department of Education:

Kerry Tom - Executive Assistant, Office of Talent Management

Nathan Murata – UHM Dean of the College of Education

 

 

2.     University of Hawaii (Budget, AI Program, NIL, & CIP)

 

Responders:

University of Hawaii:

Vassilis Syrmos - Provost

Tim Dolan – Vice President of Advancement, and UH Foundation CEO

Jan Gouveia -  Vice President for Administration

Luis Salaveria – Vice President for Budget and Finance, and CFO

Kim Siegenthaler – Senior Advisor to the President

Ina Wanca – Director of the Office of Academic Technology

Matt Elliott – UHM Athletic Director

Nathan Murata – UHM Dean of the College of Education

 

 

 

 

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 EDUcommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov. 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