Teacher shortage differentials will continue for SY 2024–25

2024-07-10T11:21:22-10:00July 10, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) confirmed that shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through SY 2024–25.

HIDOE announces one-time CTE shortage differentials

2024-05-02T16:44:57-10:00May 2, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education Friday announced it will implement one-time shortage differentials for career technical education (CTE) teachers working in HIDOE schools during the 2023–2024 school year.

Teacher pay bills advance in key House committee

2022-03-18T08:50:09-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Measures that would pay teachers based on their years of service, bring permanent funding for shortage differentials, and restore funding for job-embedded educator professional development passed the state House Education Committee with no objections or reservations Thursday, following their approval by the full Senate earlier this month.

Bills to pay teachers for years of service, assure shortage differentials pass Senate money panel

2022-02-18T13:37:29-10:00February 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Senate Ways and Means Committee Friday approved two measures aimed at paying teachers for their years of service and continuing shortage differentials. The bills passed with no objections made by senators on the powerful money panel and they have already been unanimously approved by the Senate Education Committee.

Senate Ed committee green lights continued shortage differentials

2022-01-28T17:09:30-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The state Senate Education Committee gave its unanimous approval to a bill Friday that would continue funding shortage differential payments to special education and Hawaiian language immersion teachers as well as those who teach in geographically remote and hard-to-staff schools.

Responding to testimony, BOE overrules superintendent to keep shortage differentials

2021-02-18T21:37:06-10:00February 18, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii Board of Education Thursday afternoon voted overwhelmingly to continue paying shortage differentials to public school teachers across the state, directing Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto to rescind her memo by the close of business Friday that would have ended the $3,000 to $10,000 payments to teachers in areas faced with chronic vacancies.

Superintendent plans to discontinue shortage differentials that decreased vacancies

2021-02-14T16:03:28-10:00February 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The superintendent’s memo is misleading. While she indicates that the shortage differential program was a pilot, this is not the case. These differentials were enacted and approved by the Board of Education based on Kishimoto's request on Dec. 5, 2019.

HIDOE to continue shortage differentials next school year

2020-06-20T11:11:00-10:00June 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators and teachers at hard-to-staff schools will continue in school year 2020–21, after the department confirmed the eligibility criteria in a memo published this week.

URGENT: Testimony needed by Friday for major House hearing on teacher compensation

2020-03-12T07:24:00-10:00March 12, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The House Committee on Labor & Public Employment, along with the Committee on Lower & Higher Education, will hear SB2488, SD2 Relating to teacher compensation on Friday, March 13, at 2 p.m. at the Hawaii State Capitol, Room 309. Written and oral testimony will be accepted.

URGENT: Testimony needed on teacher salary measures by Wednesday

2020-02-04T06:16:00-10:00February 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

We need testimony from teachers, counselors, and school librarians at DOE and public charter schools in support of SB 2488, Proposed SD1. Please take a few minutes to write and submit testimony!

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