Jill Meinecke2026-03-12T15:24:58-10:00March 9, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Corey Rosenlee, COVID hazard pay, Gov. Josh Green, House Finance Committee, HSTA teacher lobbyist, Osa Tui Jr, salary increase, salary steps, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, Senate Education Committee, Senate Labor Committee, Senate Ways and Means Committee|
The state House Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a measure that would fund annual step salary hikes for public and charter school teachers, a provision that has been in the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association contract for years but has never been funded.
Jill Meinecke2026-02-12T13:42:19-10:00February 12, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: automatic step increases, Board of Education, COVID hazard pay, Gov. Josh Green, HGEA, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, salary schedule, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, teacher pay|
Key state Senate and House committees have advanced proposals to establish annual step salary increases for public and charter school teachers.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-25T18:55:14-10:00April 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Castle High, free school meals, Gov. Josh Green, hawaii public health institute, hawaii state legislature, Jason Bradshaw, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, Osa Tui, Rep. Trish La Chica, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
Thousands more keiki across Hawai’i will have access to free breakfast and lunch starting as soon as next school year, after a key measure in the Legislature passed a critical hurdle Thursday.
Jill Meinecke2025-03-14T14:19:28-10:00March 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Hawaiʻi Board of Education, Ho’oha‘aheo newsletter, ICE, Immigration guidance, Keith Hayashi, Konawaena Elementary, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|
The teachers union told the schools superintendent Friday that educators across the state need clear direction on how to address fears about federal immigration enforcement involving public school students on and off campus.
Terri Inefuku2023-02-16T13:28:26-10:00February 16, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Adrian Tam, bills, Hawaii State Capitol, hawaii state legislature, LGBTQ, Michael Golojuch, Moses Barrios, rally, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
Educators, community leaders, legislators, and supporters rallied at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Tuesday for the LGBTQ+ community and celebrated the historic number of LGBTQ-friendly measures introduced in the Hawai‘i State Legislature this session.
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.
Jill Meinecke2022-10-19T14:41:45-10:00October 19, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Campbell Kapolei Complex, HCR, honolulu pride, Honolulu Pride Parade 2022, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, LGBTQ, Nanakuli High, Nanakuli Intermediate, NEA, NEA LGBTQ+ Caucus, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
More than 100 public and charter school teachers and students marched with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association in support of the LGBTQ+ community in Saturday’s 2022 Honolulu Pride Parade.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-27T13:52:39-10:00May 27, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: gender and sexuality alliance, Hawaii DOE, ʻIlima Intermediate, Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Civil Rights Award, menstrual equity, NEA, pono award, Rep. Amy Perruso, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, STACY Award, STEM|
The National Education Association (NEA) honored an ʻIlima Intermediate teacher with the prestigious Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Civil Rights Award.
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.
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.
