Senate education chair says HIDOE ‘had no plan B’ for distance learning

2021-08-06T14:24:36-10:00August 6, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

State senators complained Thursday that the Hawaii State Department of Education did not have an adequate plan to scale up distance learning this school year and failed to adequately support teachers and principals during the coronavirus pandemic.

Lawmakers direct HIDOE to use federal aid to preserve school jobs, avoid pay cuts

2021-02-17T18:40:15-10:00February 17, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The schools superintendent faces increasing pressure from state lawmakers to rescind budget cuts and direct federal stimulus aid to keep school employees on the payroll and maintain their current levels of pay instead of implementing pay cuts, layoffs, or hiring tutors.

Senate panel approves bill that would end HIDOE’s COVID-19 secrecy

2021-02-05T15:18:17-10:00February 3, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A bill requiring the Hawaii Department of Education to publish a weekly report naming the public schools that have COVID-19 cases among students and staff unanimously passed the Senate Education Committee Wednesday.

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