Will you help Hawai’i become the tenth state to establish a Seal of Biliteracy?
The public is invited to present testimony at the Board of Education’s General Board Meeting on June 16 at 1:30pm (Queen Liliuokalani Building, 1390 Miller Street, Room 404), or to submit written testimony through the BOE’s website no later than 24 hours before the scheduled meeting time above. Oral testimony should be limited to 4 minutes per person. Written testimony should follow the format presented on the BOE website, and should refer to “Agenda Item VI.I Board Action on Student Achievement Committee recommendations concerning new Board Policy, unnumbered, Seal of Biliteracy” (listed on the agenda for the June 16 General Board Meeting.
As the policy has been revised several times since the original BOE hearing in early March, testimony submitted previously may be resubmitted for this hearing with a revised date. New testimony is also very much welcome. A summary of the Board’s work on the policy, as well as the policy to be voted on is available (here).
A strong show of support for this policy, most especially through written testimony, sends an important message of community support for the Seal of Biliteracy to the members of the members of the BOE, the DOE administration, and the many teachers, staff, and school-level administrators who will work to create programs for awarding the Seal of Biliteracy to public school students across the state. If your organization is willing to step up to make this program a reality in Hawai’i, please be sure to say so in your testimony.
If you have any questions, please contact Dina Yoshimi at roadmap@hawaii.edu.