Governor signs state budget with compression fix, shortage differentials monies

2022-07-08T17:45:26-10:00July 8, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Gov. David Ige signed into law the state budget Thursday 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.

Governor tells HSTA he will OK teacher pay funds

2022-06-28T12:03:53-10:00June 28, 2022|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Senate money panel greenlights paid teacher professional development

2022-02-22T16:36:17-10:00February 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

HIDOE, BOE express support for job-embedded professional development (21 hours)

2021-06-07T17:18:45-10:00June 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

At Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, Sean Bacon, interim assistant superintendent, Office of Talent Management, and BOE Chair Catherine Payne, expressed their support for job-embedded professional development (21 hours).

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