Terri Inefuku2024-06-14T14:47:35-10:00June 14, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, community meeting, Department of Education, HIDOE, public education, strategic plan|
Join Hawaiʻi Board of Education members and various Hawaiʻi State Department of Education staff to share opinions on priority areas and provide insight into how well the public education system is meeting the needs of students, families, schools, and communities.
Terri Inefuku2024-01-11T14:08:04-10:00January 11, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, Curt Otaguro, Department of Education, fire alarm systems, fire alarms, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, inspections, Jr., Osa Tui, repairs, replacement, Warren Haruki|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) says it’s working to replace inoperable fire alarm systems at 11 schools at a cost of about $14 million after confirming in December that nearly 10% of the state’s public schools failed fire inspections last school year.
Evan Kumasaki2023-11-29T17:03:22-10:00November 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: application, contract, deadline, Department of Education, DOE, Hawaii, leave, sabbatical, teacher|
Educators must have at least seven years consecutive service to be considered for the next school year.
Terri Inefuku2023-02-27T09:48:36-10:00February 6, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, Board of Education, BOE, Department of Education, DOE, employer, governor, Hawaii State Department of Education, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, package, proposals|
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.
Jill Meinecke2022-08-25T12:00:26-10:00August 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, gender identity, LGBTQ+ students, National Education Association, sex discrimination, Sexual harassment, sexual orientation, Title IX|
The U.S. Department of Education is re-examining how Title IX works for students and is accepting public comments about two new important rules the National Education Association has long championed support and resources for safe and welcoming learning environments.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-12T18:26:25-10:00July 12, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, Department of Education, Department of Health, distance learning, DOE, exposure, guidance, guidelines, health and safety, HIDOE, masking, mitigation, pandemic, recommendation, universal, ventilation|
HSTA recommends that all Bargaining Unit 05 members continue to practice mitigating strategies whenever possible, which includes staying up to date with vaccines and boosters, and masking indoors to minimize the chances of catching COVID, especially given the ongoing shortage of substitute teachers.
Jill Meinecke2022-03-18T08:50:09-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, Board of Education, collective bargaining, compression, Department of Education, hard-to-staff, Hawaii House Education Committee, Hawaiian immersion, Jr., Leeward Chapter, Osa Tui, professional development, shortage differentials, special education, teacher pay|
Measures that would pay teachers based on their years of service, bring permanent funding for shortage differentials, and restore funding for job-embedded educator professional development passed the state House Education Committee with no objections or reservations Thursday, following their approval by the full Senate earlier this month.
Jill Meinecke2022-03-07T17:07:11-10:00March 7, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, Department of Education, Department of Health, gov. david ige, Jr., Osa Tui, Red Hill, U.S. Navy|
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today in a statement that the U.S. Navy will defuel and permanently close the Red Hill storage facility, which has been contaminating the drinking water of 93,000 Oahu residents since last November.
Terri Inefuku2021-12-29T17:22:39-10:00December 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: contingency plans, coronavirus, COVID-19, data, Department of Education, Department of Health, DOE, DOH, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Omicron, reopening, variant|
The Hawaii State Department of Education and the Hawaii Department of Health had time to make better plans for situations such as this and failed to act in a responsible way.
