kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-28T16:06:04-10:00May 28, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: $2, 200, DOE, federal stimulus, payments, stakeholder, survey|
The Hawaii State Department of Education has launched a survey asking various stakeholders what the department’s priorities should be in spending the latest round of federal stimulus money. The survey closes June 4.
Terri Inefuku2021-05-24T18:12:23-10:00April 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: air conditioning, coronavirus, COVID-19, federal stimulus, HB 613, House Education Committee, Justin Woodson, learning loss, michelle kidani, PPE, Senate Education Committee, workforce stabilization|
HB613, CD2 appropriates $29.7 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds for the fiscal year that starts July 1 “for the purpose of educator workforce stabilization to retain teachers; provided that moneys appropriated shall be used for a one-time stabilization payment of $2,200 for each teacher.”
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-02T09:50:00-10:00February 18, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: budget, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, cut, cuts, federal stimulus, funding, jobs, Kenneth Uemura, Lynn Fallin, reduction, special education, SPPA, wsf|
Most of the millions of dollars worth of sweeping job cuts and program reductions planned for public schools next fall will be restored, Hawaii State Department of Education officials informed the Board of Education Thursday. Board members also made shortage differential funding a priority for next school year and did not approve using federal stimulus funds to hire outside tutors.
