Evan Kumasaki2020-03-04T09:56:00-10:00March 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, compression, differentials, HSTA, legislature, salary, Senate, teacher compensation|
"This is a great first step," said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee. "The bill is now going to move over to the House, where we’re going to continue to work with legislators to make sure that we find a way to fund teacher compensation, including things such as the differentials and compression."
Evan Kumasaki2020-02-28T09:41:00-10:00February 28, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, committee, compression, differentials, HSTA, legislature, salary, Senate, step, teacher compensation, ways and means|
The Senate Ways and Means Committee passed SB2488, SD1 with amendments (11 ayes, 2 excused) Wednesday morning. Mahalo to all who submitted testimony on such short notice.
Evan Kumasaki2020-02-04T06:16:00-10:00February 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, compression, differentials, funding, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, SB2488, SPED, testimony|
We need testimony from teachers, counselors, and school librarians at DOE and public charter schools in support of SB 2488, Proposed SD1. Please take a few minutes to write and submit testimony!
Evan Kumasaki2020-01-30T06:03:00-10:00January 30, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, Board of Education, capitol, Constitutional Amendment, House speaker, legislature, real property tax, Scott Saiki|
House Bill 2671 is a constitutional amendment proposing that the Board of Education have concurrent real property tax authority to fund teacher compensation.
