Terri Inefuku2023-01-23T13:56:52-10:00January 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: bill, Federal National School Lunch Program, free school lunch, Hawaii State Department of Education, HB 540, legislature, National Education Association, nutrition, pandemic, Scot Matayoshi|
House Bill 540 states that regardless of a student's eligibility for participation in the Federal National School Lunch Program, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education shall offer one school meal to any asking student at no expense to the student each school day.
Terri Inefuku2023-01-23T12:11:38-10:00January 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: address, governor, Josh Green, legislature, State of the State, tax credit, teachers|
Gov. Josh Green Monday proposed a nonrefundable tax credit of up to $500 per year for school supplies purchased by K–12 teachers, one of many proposals unveiled in his State of the State Address.
Terri Inefuku2023-01-20T14:35:46-10:00January 18, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: early education, Ilima Intermediate School, legislature, lieutenant governor, menstrual equity, opening day, Period poverty, pre-K, preschool, ron kouchi, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, Sylvia Luke|
Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke’s plans to massively expand access to preschool across Hawaiʻi received a ringing endorsement from the state Senate president during the Legislature’s opening ceremonies.
Terri Inefuku2023-01-05T09:41:25-10:00November 10, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, budget, governor, legislature, professional development, salary compression, shortage differentials, teacher pay|
The HIDOE is reviewing the salary and work history of the entire teacher workforce to determine which teachers are eligible for upward movements on the salary scale. HIDOE expects to issue new personnel action forms (known as Form 5s) on Oct. 26.
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.
Terri Inefuku2022-06-21T16:39:26-10:00June 21, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, bill, David Ige, governor, Hawaii, Ilima Intermediate, law, legislature, Mai Movement Hawaii, menstrual equity, menstruation, period, Period poverty, Senate Bill 2821, testimony, Washington Place|
Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 2821 into law Monday, making Hawaiʻi the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students.
Jill Meinecke2022-03-17T16:46:32-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii House Education Committee, ʻIlima Intermediate, legislature, Maʻi movement, menstrual equity, Nikki Yee, Period poverty, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
The state House Education Committee Thursday unanimously advanced a bill poised to end period poverty in Hawaii. Hawaii would be the sixth state in the U.S. to require public schools to provide free period products to students, should the bill be signed into law.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-18T13:18:59-10:00February 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: legislature, menstrual equity, Period poverty, SB2821, Senate, Senate Bill, Ways and Means Committee|
Lawmakers tasked with overseeing the state’s finances received nearly 200 pages of written testimony in support of Senate Bill 2821 SD1 relating to menstrual equity.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-02T11:00:32-10:00February 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, COVID-19, ERS, Hawaii DOE, House Committee on Pandemic and Disaster preparedness, Jr., Keith Hayashi, legislature, Osa Tui, Retirees, substitute teachers, teacher shortage|
Licensed teachers who have retired would be allowed to temporarily work as teachers by the Hawaii State Department of Education during a state of emergency within a year of their retirement, under a bill that received initial approval by a state House committee Tuesday.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-31T10:29:04-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Ilima Intermediate, legislative priorities, legislature, Ma'i Movement, menstrual equity, NEA, Period poverty, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, Sen. Ron Kouchi, Senate, Senate Education Committee|
Hawaii would become the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students, under Senate Bill 2821, which the state Senate Education Committee unanimously approved Friday.
