Retired teachers would be able to teach immediately after retiring during state of emergency

2022-02-02T11:00:32-10:00February 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Senate panel OKs bill to bring menstrual equity in Hawaii public schools

2022-01-31T10:29:04-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Proposal to pay teachers based on years of service advances

2022-01-28T18:28:39-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A proposal to pay Hawaii public school teachers based on their years of experience won unanimous approval from the state Senate Education Committee Friday. 

Stabilization payments will help Hawaii retain its teachers

2021-05-24T09:41:04-10:00May 24, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

“For those who argue that the stabilization payment goes against collective bargaining, there already is a clear precedent of increasing payments to teachers outside of the collective bargaining process in Hawaii.”

Lawmakers’ bills direct HIDOE to avoid layoffs instead of hiring tutors

2021-02-13T17:54:51-10:00February 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

State Senate and House leaders have introduced bills that direct the Hawaii Department of Education to use millions in federal stimulus funding to preserve educators’ jobs, contrary to a HIDOE plan to use nearly one-third of stimulus funds bound for the education department to hire outside tutors.

Senate panel approves bill that would end HIDOE’s COVID-19 secrecy

2021-02-05T15:18:17-10:00February 3, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A bill requiring the Hawaii Department of Education to publish a weekly report naming the public schools that have COVID-19 cases among students and staff unanimously passed the Senate Education Committee Wednesday.

Governor restores $123M of school cuts, but layoffs, $140M in reductions still loom

2021-02-05T01:31:39-10:00January 22, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

While the governor's restoration of $123 million in school cuts is an improvement, the Hawaii Department of Education still faces roughly $140 million in cuts with hundreds of potential layoffs, the Hawaii State Teachers Association’s president said.

Testimony: Federal stimulus law prohibits cuts to public education

2021-01-20T07:29:00-10:00January 20, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii State Teachers Association strongly urges the Hawaii State Board of Education to delay approving the Hawaii State Department of Education’s stimulus funds plan. If passed, the HIDOE plan will violate recently passed federal law, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), hurt relations with the state Legislature, and cause long-term, lasting damage to Hawaii’s keiki and their teachers.

Submit testimony to BOE to stop budget, position cuts, and private tutoring

2021-01-18T06:35:00-10:00January 18, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

We want to inform board members not only about the impacts budget reductions and proposed position cuts will have on our teachers and students, but that federal funds should not be used to hire private tutors while the state may fire more than 1,000 qualified teachers and other public school staff.

HIDOE details millions in potential cuts for next school year

2021-01-16T13:43:00-10:00January 16, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For the first time Friday, the Hawaii State Department of Education released school-by-school effects of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of budget reductions the governor has directed public schools to endure next school year, resulting in a range of 1,000 to 1,500 job losses, at least half which would affect teachers. 

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