Terri Inefuku2022-11-03T18:06:56-10:00September 30, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: candidate, congress, elections, Honolulu City Council, House, HSTA recommendations, Kauai County, mayor, primary election, Senate|
Recommendations are based on research, membership input, interviews, and discussions to determine which candidates would be the strongest advocates for teachers, students, and public education in policies and legislation.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-19T10:19:49-10:00July 19, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: candidate, congress, elections, Honolulu City Council, House, HSTA recommendations, Kauai County, mayor, primary election, Senate|
Recommendations are based on research, membership input, interviews, and discussions to determine which candidates would be the strongest advocates for teachers, students, and public education in policies and legislation.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-18T15:08:31-10:00July 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: congress, congressional campaign, Jill Tokuda, recommendation, sign-waving|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association is excited to announce our support of Jill Tokuda for Hawaii’s Second Congressional District, which covers suburban and rural Oahu, including the Leeward and Windward coasts and all of Hawaii’s neighbor islands.
Terri Inefuku2022-06-07T16:28:09-10:00June 7, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: candidate, congress, First Congressional District, HSTA recommends, Sergio Alcubilla, sign-waving, support, U.S. Congress|
Sergio Alcubilla believes it is important that we invest in the next generation and prioritize the education of our children and grandchildren. “This begins with supporting our teachers and schools.”
kkerr@hsta.org2021-08-19T15:33:04-10:00August 19, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: budget bill, budget proposal, congress, congressman, ed case, spending plan, trillion|
Call Hawaii Congressman Ed Case toll-free because he is threatening to vote against a $3.5 trillion spending plan Monday that would combat climate change and build more affordable housing while extending the child tax credit and expanding family medical leave, largely by raising taxes on the rich and corporations.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:27:31-10:00January 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Biran Hallet, BOE, budget, budget cuts, Colleen Hanabusa, congress, Corey Rosenlee, DOE, maintenance of effort, restrictions, schools, stimulus|
The Hawaii State Department of Education’s chief financial officer told the Board of Education Thursday that the teachers' union correctly described congressional restrictions on reducing public school budgets after the state accepted hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic aid.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-22T07:25:00-10:00December 22, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: congress, coronavirus, COVID-19, federal aid, funding, pandemic, stimulus|
To fully understand the impacts this relief bill will have on Hawaii’s schools, we are moving our live stream Q&A session from today to Monday, Dec. 28, at 4 p.m. on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-07T17:59:15-10:00December 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: aid, bargaining rights, Bruce Voss, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, congress, Corey Rosenlee, cuts, David Ige, days, furlough, furloughs, Herbert Uemura, Kili Namauu, pay cuts, rescind, school days, superintendent|
Members of the Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday said they oppose school employee furloughs, and several went so far as to ask the governor to rescind the furloughs since members of Congress are finalizing a pandemic aid package that contains more than $54 billion for public schools.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-18T09:29:00-10:00December 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: congress, coronavirus, COVID-19, federal aid, funding, pandemic, stimulus|
Congressional leaders Thursday closed in on a $900 billion stimulus deal that includes more than $54 billion worth of aid for public schools, funds that Hawaii could use to stop or lessen the effects of furloughs scheduled to start in January and millions worth of public school cuts that could take effect next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T07:17:17-10:00August 16, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: cases, congress, contact tracers, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, Department of Health, employees, positive, schools, senators|
In the last four days, the Hawaii State Teachers Association has received reports of employees at seven Oahu schools diagnosed with COVID-19, even before students return to public school campuses on Monday.
