HSTA president thanks governor for compression fix, other education initiatives

2022-11-18T16:13:07-10:00November 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

As Gov. David Ige’s eight-year tenure comes to a close, Hawaii State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. sat down with the governor and first lady Dawn Ige to thank them for fixing salary compression and spearheading additional key education initiatives while in office.

Lawmakers give initial OK for more public school AC funding

2022-02-11T16:20:23-10:00February 11, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bills that appropriate funds to install air conditioning units for public school classrooms that have not received air conditioning were approved by the state Senate Education Committee and House Education Committee in the last week.

Teacher colleagues thank outgoing HSTA president for strong leadership, advocacy

2021-05-28T16:50:51-10:00May 28, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Member educators at James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach pay tribute to HSTA President Corey Rosenlee, who taught social studies there for nine years before taking the helm of HSTA. His colleagues reflect on his impact as a leader at the school and across the state.

Lawmakers approve $2,200 one-time teacher payments

2021-05-24T18:12:23-10:00April 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

HB613, CD2 appropriates $29.7 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds for the fiscal year that starts July 1 “for the purpose of educator workforce stabilization to retain teachers; provided that moneys appropriated shall be used for a one-time stabilization payment of $2,200 for each teacher.”

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