Jill Meinecke2023-01-05T21:46:16-10:00November 23, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: education, Farrington High, funding, gov. david ige, HIDOE, public education, Roosevelt High School|
Gov. David Ige announced this week the release of $143 million in funding for capital improvement projects (CIPs) at Hawaiʻi public schools, including money for new PE locker rooms, gymnasium, and music facilities at Farrington High on Oʻahu and a theater and new playcourts at schools on Maui.
Terri Inefuku2022-06-28T12:03:53-10:00June 28, 2022|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: 21 hours, bargaining, compression, education, gov. david ige, governor, job-embedded professional development, legislature, Negotiations, paycheck, salary compression, shortage differentials, state budget, supplemental bargaining, teacher pay, veto|
While the state budget bill is on the governor’s intent to veto list for line item vetoes, the governor confirmed to HSTA that none of the teacher compensation items will be line-item vetoed.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-25T20:58:51-10:00May 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Cindy Reves, freedom of the press, gov. david ige, House Speaker Scott Saiki, McKinley High School, student journalism, student journalists, The Pinion|
McKinley High school English teacher and student newspaper advisor Cindy Reves saw the fruits of her labor pay off Monday when Gov. David Ige signed the Hawaiʻi Student Journalism Protection Act into law Monday.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-06T02:01:49-10:00May 5, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, compression, differentials, gov. david ige, hawaii state legislature, House, michelle kidani, pre-K, Senate, shortage differentials, Sylvia Luke|
At a press conference on Thursday, Gov. David Ige affirmed his support for additional teacher pay after the state budget, which included $164 million for increasing teacher pay, passed both the House and Senate Tuesday.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-06T11:38:43-10:00May 3, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, compression, contract, Donovan Dela Cruz, funding, gov. david ige, hawaii state legislature, HIDOE, House, lawmakers, Negotiations, Senate, shortage differentials, state budget, Sylvia Luke|
State lawmakers Tuesday approved a state budget that includes more than $164 million to end salary compression for experienced educators, fund shortage differentials, and restore paid job-embedded professional development for all teachers.
Jill Meinecke2022-04-06T14:42:17-10:00April 6, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Dawn Ige, Dr. Tehani Corcoran, gov. david ige, interim superintendent, Jump Start, Kamehameha Schools, Keith Hayashi, Logan Okita, national board, National Board Certification, National Board Certified Teachers, NBCT, NBCT 2021, NBCT Ceremony, virtual celebration|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE), and Kamehameha Schools held a ceremony Friday to celebrate dozens of teachers statewide who earned or recertified their National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification in 2021.
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.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-22T16:36:17-10:00February 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, 21 hours, gov. david ige, hawaii state legislature, job-embedded professional development, Jr., Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, PD, professional development, Senate Ways and Means Committee|
The Senate Ways and Means Committee Monday approved Senate Bill 3209 SD1 that would restore educators’ 21 hours of job-embedded professional development, which was removed from the contract last year due to budget cuts, resulting in a 1.5% pay reduction for teachers.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-17T16:24:08-10:00February 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, Bill Arakaki, BOE, gov. david ige, Jr., Kaimana Barcarse, Osa Tui, salary compression, school-level employee pay, shortage differentials|
The Hawaii Board of Education (BOE) voted unanimously Thursday to amend its general 2022 legislative policy positions to support legislation relating to increasing the compensation of school-level employees, including teachers, in public schools.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-11T16:20:23-10:00February 11, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: AC, air conditioning, Corey Rosenlee, gov. david ige, HIDOE, House Education Committee, Jr., Justin Woodson, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, Randy Tanaka, Senate Education Committee|
Bills that appropriate funds to install air conditioning units for public school classrooms that have not received air conditioning were approved by the state Senate Education Committee and House Education Committee in the last week.
