24 states sue Trump administration over nearly $7B in frozen education funds

2025-07-14T12:12:43-10:00July 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Hawaiʻi joined more than 20 states on Monday to sue President Donald Trump’s administration over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more.

Federal judge blocks Trump’s plan to dismantle US DOE

2025-05-22T11:25:18-10:00May 22, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Education, ruling that the terminations were a thinly veiled effort to dismantle the entire department without congressional approval.

Trump’s budget proposal would slash 15% of U.S. DOE budget

2025-05-06T10:52:38-10:00May 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Trump Administration released its proposed “skinny budget” Friday, which includes deep and harmful cuts to education funding, slashing $12 billion or roughly 15% of the U.S. Department of Education’s budget. 

Hirono tells HSTA leaders ‘We have to stand up for public education’

2025-05-02T09:24:45-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono told HSTA volunteer leaders Thursday that the Trump administration is mounting an “all-out assault on education, and itʻs something we need to fight back against.”

NEA wins preliminary injunction against Trump administration’s unlawful DEI directive

2025-04-24T14:26:15-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

In a victory for students, parents, and educators, a federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s unprecedented and unlawful attempt to restrict discussions and programs on diversity, equity, and inclusion in educational institutions, and its threat to withhold federal funding for engaging in such efforts. 

U.S. DOE plans to lay off nearly half its workforce

2025-03-14T14:46:17-10:00March 11, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, as federal government agencies worked to meet President Donald Trump’s Thursday deadline for them to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs.

NEA sues Trump administration over DEI ban in schools

2025-03-05T16:02:56-10:00March 5, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

The National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers’ union, is challenging the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funding from schools that participate in diversity, equity and inclusion programming.

HSTA leaders join protest against education cuts at the U.S. Capitol

2025-03-06T11:43:28-10:00February 12, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

HSTA leaders joined hundreds of educators, parents, students, and elected officials at a rally Wednesday afternoon to lobby members of Congress and stand up for students by fighting against the effort to dismantle the Department of Education, pass universal vouchers and cut vital services Hawaiʻi students depend on in their public schools.

Hirono proposes bill to collect better student data on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

2023-10-27T15:47:06-10:00October 27, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D, Hawaii) Thursday reintroduced the All Students Count Act of 2023, which would require more comprehensive and equitable disaggregation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) student data in K-12 schools, helping to ensure that AANHPI student groups are better accounted for and supported by schools across the country.

Hawaii teachers among those to benefit from Biden’s student loan debt cancellation

2022-08-30T10:06:24-10:00August 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday his plan to cancel student debt for millions of Americans, and some Hawaii teachers stand to benefit greatly.

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