Register to vote in Nov. 6 general election; Here’s how and more!
Find links to register to vote, request a mail-in absentee ballot, find your polling place, see a sample ballot and more.
Teach these subjects? Have your college debt deferred or forgiven!
If you teach in certain subject areas, you could have your college loans deferred or canceled altogether. HSTA and NEA sponsor college loan forgiveness workshops this fall.
HSTA delegates advocate for teachers, students at NEA RA
More than 80 elected teacher, student and retiree delegates you elected across Hawaii gathered in the Midwest this summer to help set policy and chart the direction of the National Education Association.
HSTA primary election candidate recommendations announced
Please register to vote for the Aug. 11 primary election and vote for these candidates who have supported public education.
HSTA offers help to members, students affected by volcano
The HSTA has publicized the GoFundMe efforts for Hawaii Island teachers whose homes have either been destroyed or surrounded by the lava.
HSTA victories: New funding source for schools, pesticide buffer zones near schools
Successfully advocating for a constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall to better fund schools is the HSTA’s biggest and most important legislative achievement this year. Here’s a list of the school-related bills that passed and those that we advocated for but did not pass.
Statistics show Hawaii at or near the bottom on school spending, which hurts our keiki
Click on these links to see the source and background of these statistics which show how Hawaii's chronic underfunding of public education is hurting our children with low high school completion rates and Native Hawaiian students in public schools more likely to have unqualified teachers.
Constitutional Amendment to better fund schools approved by lawmakers
The State Senate Monday approved a bill to ask voters to decide this fall whether the state should be empowered to impose a surcharge on residential investment properties to help fund public education.
Isle voters likely to get their say on a property tax for schools
Following a two-year lobbying effort by the Hawaii State Teachers Association, a proposed constitutional amendment asking voters if the state should be allowed to tax investment properties to benefit public schools is all but set for the November ballot.
HSTA’s 2018 legislative package unveiled
Proposals for a constitutional amendment to create a steady funding stream for public schools, limits on standardized testing and a teacher on the Board of Education are included in this year’s package of bills HSTA is advocating for at the state Legislature.