Jill Meinecke2022-02-17T16:24:08-10:00February 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, Bill Arakaki, BOE, gov. david ige, Jr., Kaimana Barcarse, Osa Tui, salary compression, school-level employee pay, shortage differentials|
The Hawaii Board of Education (BOE) voted unanimously Thursday to amend its general 2022 legislative policy positions to support legislation relating to increasing the compensation of school-level employees, including teachers, in public schools.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-15T12:02:03-10:00February 15, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: funding, Gov. Ige, HIDOE, Jr., Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, school funding, Senate Education Committee, weighted student formula, Wendy Nickl|
Small neighbor island schools would benefit from the proposal Posted: February 15, 2022 The state Senate Education Committee approved a measure to appropriate more funding for remote and small Hawaii schools at its hearing on the measure Monday. Currently, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) uses a Weighted Student Formula (WSF) to distribute funds for school budgets based on the type of school (elementary, middle, high) along with a base amount for each pupil. Additional funding is aligned with different student needs and characteristics including gifted and talented, economic disadvantage, English learners, transiency, homeless, and [...]
Jill Meinecke2022-02-11T16:20:23-10:00February 11, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: AC, air conditioning, Corey Rosenlee, gov. david ige, HIDOE, House Education Committee, Jr., Justin Woodson, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, Randy Tanaka, Senate Education Committee|
Bills that appropriate funds to install air conditioning units for public school classrooms that have not received air conditioning were approved by the state Senate Education Committee and House Education Committee in the last week.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-11T14:29:46-10:00February 11, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Affordable housing, educators, Ewa Beach, Gentry Homes, HIDOE, House Finance Committee, Jr., Keith Hayashi, Oahu, Osa Tui, Scot Matayoshi, Sylvia Luke, Teacher housing, Teacher recruitment, teacher retention|
Oahu public school educators are one step closer to accessing affordable housing made available to them after the state House committees on education and housing unanimously advanced a bill on the measure at a joint hearing on Thursday.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-10T17:09:16-10:00February 10, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: endemic, House Committee on Health, Human Services & Homelessness, Jr., Laverne Moore, learning loss, McKinley High School, Osa Tui, Rep. Gene Ward, vaping|
A measure that would ban the sales of flavored nicotine products and prohibit the marketing of vaping products to people 21 advanced during the state House Committee on Health, Human Services & Homelessness hearing Thursday.
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 Meinecke2022-01-28T18:28:39-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: compression, gov. david ige, HIDOE, House, Jr., Keith Hayashi, legislature, Lisa Morrison, Logan Okita, Osa Tui, Senate, Senate Education Committee, testimony|
A proposal to pay Hawaii public school teachers based on their years of experience won unanimous approval from the state Senate Education Committee Friday.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-14T17:53:43-10:00January 14, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: board of directors, COVID-19, Department of Health, Hawaii Board of Water Supply, Hawaii Department of Health, Hawaii Youth Climate Coalition, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Jr., Navy, Osa Tui, Red Hill, Sierra Club, Water contamination|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) Board of Directors unanimously approved a proposal calling on the U.S. Navy to close its Red Hill fuel tanks which have contaminated drinking water. HSTA’s board approved the proposal Friday, which calls for an immediate emptying of fuel and a full closure of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-29T12:11:53-10:00September 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: concerns, contact tracing, educators, HSTA, Kauai, Osa Tui, Paul Zina. Sarah Kern, safety, Sarah Tochiki, students, subs, substitutes, union|
More than 150 teachers from schools on Kauai took part in informational sign-waving before and after classes Tuesday, raising health concerns about a lack of consistent COVID-19 protocols, pressure to not report positive cases, and persistent staffing shortages that have forced the highest-ranking public school official on the Garden Island to fill in as a substitute
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-24T20:29:27-10:00September 24, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Aaron Kubo, East Hawaii, educators, Edwin Kagawa, Hilo, Hilo Chapter, HSTA, informational picket, Osa Tui, pickets, safety, teachers union|
Teachers from all around East Hawaii conducted informational picketing late Friday afternoon outside the State Office Building in Hilo, raising concerns about a lack of uniform health protocols in public schools.
