Aloha HE'E Members and Participants,

Legislative and Policy News

Please see HE'E's legislative update as of April 5, 2013.  Please also see Allen Awaya's (from Senator Tokuda's office) most recent legislative update and hearing update.

This week, there will be Senate Education Committee hearings on Gubernatorial nominations for the Early Learning Advisory Council and for the Board of Education.  HE'E is submitting testimony in support for GM749, Kerrie Urosevich, for the Early Learning Advisory Board and for GM779, Brian De Lima, for the Board of Education. As we explained in last week's email, we will be submitting tesimony for Ms. Urosevich which is the same content as the Letter of Support we wrote earlier last year.  Please see testimony for GM749 here.  The hearing for GM749 is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 1:15pm in Conference Room 414. For Mr. De Lima, HE'E gave testimony in support for all appointed Board of Education Members in 2011. We are extending our support to Mr. De Lima as he is being re-nominated for another term.  Please see testimony for GM 779 here.  The hearing for GM779 is on Friday, April 12, 2013 at 1:15pm in Conference Room 414.  

Please let me know if you have comments on any of our legislative actions at cheri@heecoalition.org.  We encourage you to come to the hearings to participate in the process!

HE'E Satisfaction Survey

We have prepared a satisfaction survey for our members and participants. Thank you to those who have participated!  Please see link to survey here. The purpose of the survey is to get some feedback from members regarding Coalition activities, administration, policy and procedures. It gives you an opportunity to let us know how we are doing.  It should take less than ten minutes of your time. Please provide comments - your input is invaluable to us!  

HE'E Meetings

Mahalo to April Goodwin and Lesli Yogi from Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education and to Chad Miller from The University of Hawaiʻi Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education for outstanding presentations at HE'E's Wednesday Quarterly Meeting!  

For follow up with Hawaii P-20 on the College and Career Ready definition, please contact April Goodwin at agoodwin@hawaii.edu. The College and Career Ready presentation is here. For follow up on the 55 by 25 campaign, please go this the website here. The 55 by 25 presentation is here. 

For more information on the Chad Miller and the University of Hawaii Uehiro Acadmy for Philosophy and Ethics, please go to the website here. Mr. Miller's presentation can be found at this link here. The video clip highlighting the Dalai Lama's Kailua High School visit is here. 

HE'E's Planning Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 from 9:00-11:00am at The Learning Coalition. We will reflect on our actions this legislative session, discuss policy issues at the Board of Education, and also convene our Social Justice Workgroup to plan next steps forward. Please see agenda here. Please let me know if you can make it at cheri@heecoalition.org.  

HE'E meeting notes posted on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-meeting-notes/  

HE'E email archives on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-email-newsletter-archive