kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-02T09:50:00-10:00February 18, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: budget, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, cut, cuts, federal stimulus, funding, jobs, Kenneth Uemura, Lynn Fallin, reduction, special education, SPPA, wsf|
Most of the millions of dollars worth of sweeping job cuts and program reductions planned for public schools next fall will be restored, Hawaii State Department of Education officials informed the Board of Education Thursday. Board members also made shortage differential funding a priority for next school year and did not approve using federal stimulus funds to hire outside tutors.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-14T16:04:27-10:00February 14, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: board, BOE, budgets, federal aid, proposal, SPPA, stimulus, testimony, tutors, weighted student formula, written testimony, wsf|
Join us in asking the Board of Education to prioritize restoring all cuts to the weighted student formula (WSF) and special education per-pupil allocation (SPPA), which would eliminate the need for layoffs of any HIDOE employees, including all teachers. HSTA will further ask HIDOE to follow the law by using federal stimulus funding to avoid future pay cuts.
Evan Kumasaki2020-01-31T12:08:00-10:00January 31, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: formula, funding, IEPs, special education per pupil allocation, SPED, SPPA|
The HSTA has reviewed the proposed changes to the way some SPED funds are distributed and has asked a number of questions, requested information and given feedback on our concerns with the proposed changes.
