Jill Meinecke2022-03-18T08:50:09-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, Board of Education, collective bargaining, compression, Department of Education, hard-to-staff, Hawaii House Education Committee, Hawaiian immersion, Jr., Leeward Chapter, Osa Tui, professional development, shortage differentials, special education, teacher pay|
Measures that would pay teachers based on their years of service, bring permanent funding for shortage differentials, and restore funding for job-embedded educator professional development passed the state House Education Committee with no objections or reservations Thursday, following their approval by the full Senate earlier this month.
Jill Meinecke2022-03-07T17:07:11-10:00March 7, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, Department of Education, Department of Health, gov. david ige, Jr., Osa Tui, Red Hill, U.S. Navy|
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today in a statement that the U.S. Navy will defuel and permanently close the Red Hill storage facility, which has been contaminating the drinking water of 93,000 Oahu residents since last November.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:42:05-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, fuel tanks, Red Hill, resolution, U.S. Navy, Water contamination|
The Hawaii Board of Education voted to approve a stronger, more action-oriented resolution on the Red Hill water contamination at its general business meeting Thursday.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-02T17:31:56-10:00March 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Aha Kauleo, bill, Board of Education, BOE, Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, constitution, Hawaiian language immersion, House of Representatives, kaiapuni, Laverne Moore, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Osa Tui Jr|
The state House Committee on Judicial and Hawaiian Affairs advanced a bill last week that would require one of the at-large members of the Board of Education be an expert on Hawaiian language immersion.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-25T16:36:11-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: board of directors, Board of Education, Board of Water Supply, Fuel storage, fuel tanks, Hawaii state House, Jr., Mayor Rick Blangiardi, Mitzie Higa, Osa Tui, President Joe Biden, Red Hill, Sierra Club, U.S. Navy|
The state House Committee of Consumer Protection & Commerce voted to move forward with a bill Thursday that would prohibit the issuance or renewal of permits for large capacity underground fuel storage tanks near sources of underground drinking water in Hawaii.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-17T16:10:02-10:00February 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, decommission, fuel tanks, Navy, Red Hill, resolution, Sierra Club of Hawaii, Water contamination|
The Hawaii Board of Education postponed action Thursday on a resolution to address the water contamination crisis caused by the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill fuel tanks, promising a “stronger” proposal in a couple of weeks’ time in response to requests for tougher language from the Hawaii State Teachers Association and other organizations.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-28T17:09:30-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian immersion, HIDOE, HSTA, Osa Tui Jr, Senate Education Commi, shortage differentials, special education, testimony, written testimony|
The state Senate Education Committee gave its unanimous approval to a bill Friday that would continue funding shortage differential payments to special education and Hawaiian language immersion teachers as well as those who teach in geographically remote and hard-to-staff schools.
Terri Inefuku2022-01-17T11:54:21-10:00January 16, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, general business meeting, Human Resources Committee, meeting, Red Hill, teacher retention, testimony, vaccination, Water contamination|
This Thursday, Jan. 20, the Hawaii Board of Education will hold a series of meetings. Agenda items include teacher retention and shortage differentials, the superintendent search, Red Hill water contamination, and COVID-19 update for the 2021–22 school year. If you are affected by any of these topics, please submit written and, if possible, oral testimony. Your voice is necessary to ensure that board members are fully aware of the realities within our schools.
Terri Inefuku2022-01-13T15:25:25-10:00January 13, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, collective bargaining agreement, contract, gender-neutral, Hawaii State Department of Education, HSTA, pronouns|
The 2021–23 Hawaii State Teachers Association Collective Bargaining Agreement, or contract, has been updated with gender-neutral language. Previous contracts utilized masculine pronouns in reference to gender types.
Terri Inefuku2021-12-16T18:12:55-10:00December 16, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Delta, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, health and safety, Keith Hayashi, Omicron, variant|
The Hawaii Board of Education placed the update on its Dec. 16 general meeting agenda at the request of the Hawaii State Teachers Association. HSTA firmly believes regular updates to the board and the public help to improve concerns about transparency and accountability.
