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:

Friday, January 30, 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 an Informational Briefing on:

 

1.     Hawaiʻi P-20 Partnerships for Education – Coordination across DOE, UH and Early Learning

 

            Stephen Schatz – Executive Director, Hawaiʻi P-20 Partnerships for Education

Keith Hayashi – Superintendent, DOE

 

2.     Department of Education – Budget and Capital Improvement Projects

 

Keith Hayashi – Superintendent, DOE

Jesse Souki - Deputy Superintendent of Operations, DOE

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

 

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