Jill Meinecke2025-04-24T11:29:43-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Employee Housing Survey, HIDOE, high housing costs, Hilo, homeownership, Honolulu, Mililani, Teacher housing, West Oahu, Windward Oahu, workforce housing|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education released the results of its Employee Housing Survey administered last April, revealing that housing is a significant challenge for public school employees.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-17T11:09:43-10:00April 10, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: EUTF, health insurance, health insurance premiums, health plan rates, HIDOE, HMSA, Negotiations, Negotiations Team, reopener|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to announce a successful settlement in reopener negotiations that will result in the employer contributing millions more for health premiums under the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF).
Jill Meinecke2025-03-28T13:47:41-10:00March 28, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: HIDOE, ICE, immigration, Keith Hayashi, law enforcement guidance policy, Lotus Notes|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education released a 10-page Law Enforcement Guidance Policy on Friday, March 21, one week after the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association asked the department for “clear and comprehensive guidance” for its members about federal immigration raids.
Jill Meinecke2025-03-13T09:34:27-10:00March 13, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: compensation, grievance, HIDOE, HIDOE teachers, Keith Hayashi, paycheck delay|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has secured a $234,800 settlement from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education to compensate nearly 500 teachers who experienced paycheck delays at the start of the school year.
Jill Meinecke2025-02-14T14:10:55-10:00February 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Asian and Pacific Islander American community, Board of Education, HIDOE, HSTA, HSTA leaders, Jean Dobashi, Laverne Moore, National Education Association, NEA, NEA Executive Committee, Odetta Fujimori, strike|
Three of the Hawai’i State Teachers Association’s early leaders, including its first president, gave this year’s Teacher Institute keynote address to teachers across Hawaiʻi this week.
Jill Meinecke2025-02-14T08:09:23-10:00February 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ESEA, HIDOE, IDEA, Immigration guidance, Linda McMahon, National Education Association, Trump Administration, U.S. Dept. of Education|
Our members across Hawaiʻi have told us they are deeply concerned about potentially sweeping changes to educational policies and budgets being implemented by the Trump administration, including an attempt to dismantle the 46-year-old U.S. Department of Education.
cschubert2025-02-13T21:03:04-10:00February 13, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Apologizes, classification, confused, confusion, email, forms, HIDOE, HSTA, Status, teachers|
Many teachers received Personnel Form 16Bs from HIDOE this week due to increased interest in reclassification after Teacher Institute Day. HIDOE clarified that the emails were proactive but may have included outdated forms, and teachers needing updates should contact teacher.reclassification@k12.hi.us.
Jill Meinecke2025-01-29T15:29:22-10:00January 29, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: HIDOE, Kalihi Uka Elementary, Keith Hayashi, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, Milken Educator, Milken Educator Award, Milken Family Foundation|
Kalihi Uka Elementary kindergarten teacher Kristy Inamasu became the latest recipient of the prestigious Milken Educator Award on Tuesday at a surprise assembly with the entire school.
Jill Meinecke2025-01-06T15:02:57-10:00January 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, HIDOE, King Kamehameha III Elementary, King Kamehameha III Elementary at Pulelehua, Lahaina, Lahaina wildfires, Maui, maui wildfires|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) released a report Friday summarizing feedback from the school and local community about the rebuilding plan for the historic King Kamehameha III Elementary School, which was destroyed in the August 2023 Lahaina wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2024-12-17T16:36:15-10:00December 17, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, charter schools, Class VIII, HIDOE, learnsoft, negotiations committee, PDE3, reclassification|
The Hawai‘i State Teachers Association has secured a two-and-a-half month extension for teachers to fill out their reclassification paperwork following Hawai‘i State Department of Education delays in publishing its reclassification memo.
