Lawmakers approve $2,200 one-time teacher payments

2021-05-24T18:12:23-10:00April 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

HB613, CD2 appropriates $29.7 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds for the fiscal year that starts July 1 “for the purpose of educator workforce stabilization to retain teachers; provided that moneys appropriated shall be used for a one-time stabilization payment of $2,200 for each teacher.”

Senators grill superintendent on teacher telework, PPE

2020-11-05T15:47:20-10:00August 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

During a Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 briefing Wednesday, state senators pressed Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto about why more teachers aren’t allowed to telework when students are learning from home, and why educators are spending their own money for protective gear.

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