HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2025-04-29T11:54:29-10:00April 29, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: EUTF, health insurance, health insurance premiums, health plan rates, HIDOE, HMSA, Negotiations, Negotiations Team, reopener|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to announce a successful settlement in reopener negotiations that will result in the employer contributing millions more for health premiums under the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF).
Jill Meinecke2025-04-29T09:18:17-10:00April 29, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: AFL-CIO, civil action, HSTA contract, Jr., legal protection, Osa Tui, professional employees, Randy Perreira, state workers, statutory protections|
State lawmakers have recommended final approval of a new law that clarifies the state's duty to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees in civil legal actions.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-25T18:55:14-10:00April 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Castle High, free school meals, Gov. Josh Green, hawaii public health institute, hawaii state legislature, Jason Bradshaw, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, Osa Tui, Rep. Trish La Chica, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
Thousands more keiki across Hawai’i will have access to free breakfast and lunch starting as soon as next school year, after a key measure in the Legislature passed a critical hurdle Thursday.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-02T09:24:45-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: civil rights, DEI, diversity, equity, HSTA Board of Directors, HSTA committee, HSTA leaders, IDEA, inclusion, Mazie Hirono, Title 1, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono|
U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono told HSTA volunteer leaders Thursday that the Trump administration is mounting an “all-out assault on education, and itʻs something we need to fight back against.”
Jill Meinecke2025-04-24T14:26:15-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU, Becky Pringle, DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion, National Education Association, NEA, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education|
In a victory for students, parents, and educators, a federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s unprecedented and unlawful attempt to restrict discussions and programs on diversity, equity, and inclusion in educational institutions, and its threat to withhold federal funding for engaging in such efforts.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-24T11:29:43-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Employee Housing Survey, HIDOE, high housing costs, Hilo, homeownership, Honolulu, Mililani, Teacher housing, West Oahu, Windward Oahu, workforce housing|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education released the results of its Employee Housing Survey administered last April, revealing that housing is a significant challenge for public school employees.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-30T15:02:32-10:00April 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: federal workers, Hawaii State Capitol, Hawaii unions, International Workers Day, Maui chapter, Oahu, workers day|
Members of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will join members of at least 20 other Hawaiʻi unions Thursday, May 1 for a silent solidarity march to support federal employees on International Workers Day.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-23T11:37:14-10:00April 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Aotearoa, indigenous Polynesian people, Māori, New Zealand, NZEI Te Riu Roa, Ripeka Lessels, The Treaty Principles Bill, Treaty of Waitangi|
In a spirited keynote address at the Hawai’i State Teachers Association’s 52nd Annual Convention, Ripeka Lessels, a prominent Māori educator and leader, delivered a message of resilience, cultural pride, and collective action that resonated far beyond the borders of Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Jill Meinecke2025-04-16T11:48:48-10:00April 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: 2Revolutions, coaching, Master’s in Education, menotoring, Spalding University|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, in partnership with 2Revolutions and Spalding University, is offering a new mentoring certificate program to help educators grow their capacity to become effective coaches and leaders to their fellow teachers.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-16T11:16:11-10:00April 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Chayanee Brooks, Hawaiʻi Island, HCR Committee, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HSTA Pono Award, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, Ka‘ū High, PBS Hawai‘i’s HIKI NŌ, pono award|
Before nearly 200 of her teacher colleagues, Chayanee Brooks, a Kaʻū High English teacher, accepted the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2025 Pono Award for her exemplary work uplifting students in her rural Hawaiʻi Island community.
