Terri Inefuku2024-09-06T16:10:53-10:00September 6, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
HSTA is hopeful that this informal grievance meeting will answer many questions about the paycheck delays and provide a path to remedy the harmful effects, especially after receiving a limited and partial response from the HIDOE.
Terri Inefuku2024-08-30T20:07:06-10:00August 30, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
Without being provided a list of those who have been affected, HSTA is having difficulty determining the full extent of the problem and working with bargaining unit members to address the myriad issues resulting from not receiving their regular paychecks as expected.
Terri Inefuku2024-01-12T10:34:47-10:00January 11, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, bright-line rules, budget, capital improvement projects, construction, Curt Otaguro, deputy superintendent of operations, House Finance Committee, Keith Hayashi, lapsed funds, Scott Nishimoto, superintendent|
Hawaiʻi Board of Education Chair Warren Haruki called the potential lapse of $465 million in school construction funds “a huge tragedy” Thursday, adding that he fears state lawmakers have lost confidence in the department.
Terri Inefuku2023-12-23T07:42:11-10:00December 21, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: capital improvement projects, Keith Hayashi, projects, superintendent|
The state schools superintendent admitted to lawmakers Wednesday that he didn’t know until late November about his own department’s plan to allow $465 million in school construction funds to lapse, bringing more than 150 projects to a halt, even though officials from his department had been working on the proposal since March.
Terri Inefuku2023-04-17T18:19:39-10:00April 17, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, contract, Gov. Josh Green, governor, Hawaii State Department of Education, HSTA Negotiations Team, Keith Hayashi, Negotiations, pay, press conference, schools superintendent, settlement, superintendent, teacher pay, tentative agreement, wages|
Gov. Josh Green, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi, and Hawai‘i State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. stressed Monday the importance of a new contract that provides public school educators with stronger wages, and incentives to live and work in Hawaiʻi.
Jill Meinecke2023-01-06T15:58:24-10:00January 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: administrative holiday leave, Bargaining Unit 05, BU05, Department of Human Resources and Development, Gov. Josh Green, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, superintendent, teacher tax credit|
Hawaiʻi public schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi confirmed with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association that all Bargaining Unit 05 members are not eligible for the holiday administrative leave offered by Gov. Josh Green.
Terri Inefuku2022-12-31T15:25:07-10:00December 16, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: administrative leave, Bargaining Unit 05, BU05, governor, holiday, Josh Green, Keith Hayashi, superintendent, vacation|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has requested clarification on how public school educators can utilize the two additional days off recently announced by Gov. Josh Green.
Terri Inefuku2022-10-07T13:56:38-10:00October 7, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, compression, Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, pay raise, salary schedule, step, superintendent|
Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi told the Board of Education Thursday that thousands of public and charter school teachers affected by salary compression — 72% of the teaching workforce – should start seeing increased pay in their Nov. 18 paychecks.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-11T13:33:06-10:00July 8, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: bonuses, Bruce Voss, christina kishimoto, differentials, federal, pandemic, payments, relief, school year, shortage, shortage differentials, stimulus, superintendent, teachers|
Shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through school year 2022–23, and the eligibility criteria remain the same as those that are currently in place for this school year.
Jill Meinecke2022-04-29T17:17:56-10:00April 29, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: advisory group, Caprice Young, Darrel Galera, Hawaii Board of Education, Keith Hayashi, Sarah Tochiki, search committee, superintendent, superintendent finalists, Whitney Aragaki|
A former Hawaii Board of Education (BOE) member and longtime school administrator, the interim superintendent, and the national superintendent for a network of nonprofit charter schools are the three finalists for Hawaii schools superintendent released Friday.
