Evan Kumasaki2021-01-18T06:35:00-10:00January 18, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, cuts, Department of Education, furloughs, legislature, operating budget, pay cuts, testimony|
We want to inform board members not only about the impacts budget reductions and proposed position cuts will have on our teachers and students, but that federal funds should not be used to hire private tutors while the state may fire more than 1,000 qualified teachers and other public school staff.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-16T13:43:00-10:00January 16, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: assistance, budget, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, COVID-19, cuts, federal, job losses, lawmakers, legislature, losses, programs, reductions, relief package|
For the first time Friday, the Hawaii State Department of Education released school-by-school effects of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of budget reductions the governor has directed public schools to endure next school year, resulting in a range of 1,000 to 1,500 job losses, at least half which would affect teachers.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-17T10:17:00-10:00December 17, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, cuts, Department of Education, furloughs, legislature, operating budget, pay cuts, testimony|
Nico Friedman, a teacher at Kealakehe High School on Hawaii Island, submitted public written testimony to the Hawaii State Board of Education.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-16T14:43:00-10:00December 16, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, cuts, Department of Education, furloughs, legislature, operating budget, pay cuts, testimony|
The HSTA has not agreed to furloughs, and any implementation would violate our collective bargaining agreement. We are consulting with our attorneys and plan to take any legal action in the near future to challenge the HIDOE’s furlough plan.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-15T06:45:00-10:00December 15, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, cuts, Department of Education, furloughs, legislature, operating budget, pay cuts, testimony|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association encourages all members to share your personal stories on how potential furloughs will affect you and your students before the Hawaii State Board of Education holds its next meeting on Thursday, Dec. 17.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-04T13:06:00-10:00December 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, cuts, Department of Education, legislature, operating budget, testimony|
Despite unanimously approving the Hawaii State Department of Education’s operating budget for the 2021–23 fiscal biennium Thursday, Board of Education members were not happy with the department’s proposed $164 million budget reduction.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-04T14:26:35-10:00October 5, 2020|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, budget, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, Department of Health, governor, Negotiations, pandemic, pay cuts, proposal, salary reductions, shortfall|
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-04T14:30:14-10:00September 23, 2020|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, budget, coronavirus, COVID-19, governor, Negotiations, pandemic, pay cuts, salary reductions, shortfall|
Evan Kumasaki2020-04-24T04:07:00-10:00April 24, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: AFSCME, alternatives, Bobby Lee, budget, Corey Rosenlee, David Ige, funds, furloughs, governor, HFFA, HGEA, HSTA, Lee Saunders, options, pay cuts, Randy Perreira, reductions|
Union leaders offer more than 15 budgetary options to avoid docking state employees' pay because of plummeting state revenues caused by the coronavirus.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:33:58-10:00April 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: budget, COVID-19, cuts coronavirus, ige, salary|
Gov. David Ige said Friday that his controversial idea of cutting state employees’ pay by 20 percent—including that of educators—might not happen after all, and unions have been told even if salary cuts happen, they’ll start later than originally planned. "It is possible that there would be no salary cuts at all," he said.
