Terri Inefuku2023-07-25T16:00:23-10:00July 25, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 10-month teachers, 12-month teachers, emergency hires, form 5, Notice of Personnel Action, paycheck, Raise, salary, step|
The first pay raise of the new contract goes into effect on the first work day of school year 2023–2024 and includes a 2% across-the-board pay raise and a step movement for those teachers currently on Step 5-14A.
Terri Inefuku2023-02-24T17:53:48-10:00February 26, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, contract, decision making, equipment, Negotiations, salary, salary construct, schedule, school safety, sign-in, substitute teachers, teacher pay|
Terri Inefuku2022-09-30T17:08:16-10:00September 30, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, compression, fix, Human Resources Committee, live stream, pay, salary, salary schedule, step|
The Hawaii State Department of Education Friday submitted a plan to the Hawaii Board of Education to make one-time salary adjustments for roughly 9,200 public and charter school teachers, which will be discussed at a special board meeting Oct. 6.
Terri Inefuku2022-08-25T17:15:00-10:00August 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, compression, fix, Hawaii State Department of Education, pay, paycheck, raises, salary|
The nearly 9,000 Hawaii State Teachers Association members who will see pay adjustments under the state’s plan to end salary compression may have to wait a couple of months for that money to show up in their paychecks. Any pay increase will be retroactive to the beginning of this school year.
Terri Inefuku2022-04-22T16:29:34-10:00April 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Class VII, committee, compression, conference, House, menstruation equity, money, Period poverty, salary, Senate, teacher pay|
Conferees from the House and Senate will have to agree on the final language of the bills before they go to a full floor vote in both houses.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:33:58-10:00April 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: budget, COVID-19, cuts coronavirus, ige, salary|
Gov. David Ige said Friday that his controversial idea of cutting state employees’ pay by 20 percent—including that of educators—might not happen after all, and unions have been told even if salary cuts happen, they’ll start later than originally planned. "It is possible that there would be no salary cuts at all," he said.
Evan Kumasaki2020-03-12T07:24:00-10:00March 12, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, compression, differentials, funding, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, House, salary, SB2488, SPED, teacher compensation, testimony|
The House Committee on Labor & Public Employment, along with the Committee on Lower & Higher Education, will hear SB2488, SD2 Relating to teacher compensation on Friday, March 13, at 2 p.m. at the Hawaii State Capitol, Room 309. Written and oral testimony will be accepted.
Evan Kumasaki2020-03-04T09:56:00-10:00March 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, compression, differentials, HSTA, legislature, salary, Senate, teacher compensation|
"This is a great first step," said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee. "The bill is now going to move over to the House, where we’re going to continue to work with legislators to make sure that we find a way to fund teacher compensation, including things such as the differentials and compression."
Evan Kumasaki2020-02-28T09:41:00-10:00February 28, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, committee, compression, differentials, HSTA, legislature, salary, Senate, step, teacher compensation, ways and means|
The Senate Ways and Means Committee passed SB2488, SD1 with amendments (11 ayes, 2 excused) Wednesday morning. Mahalo to all who submitted testimony on such short notice.
Evan Kumasaki2020-01-18T06:07:00-10:00January 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, christina kishimoto, Cindy Covell, compression, Corey Rosenlee, Department of Education, DOE, HSTA, lawmakers, Raise, salary, step|
“This is a bold step to finally take care of this problem to make sure that every keiki in Hawaii has a qualified teacher,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee in testimony to the BOE Thursday.
