Jill Meinecke2022-03-22T16:24:41-10:00March 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, 21 hours, compression, Hawaii Office of Collective Bargaining, hawaii state legislature, House Committee on Labor and Tourism, Jr., Osa Tui, shortage differentials, teacher pay|
The state House Committee on Labor and Tourism Tuesday voted to approve key bills aimed to pay teachers based on their years of service, secure funding for shortage differentials, and reinstate 21 hours of job-embedded professional development.
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 Meinecke2022-02-18T13:37:29-10:00February 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Ige, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian immersion, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui, salary compression, Senate Ways and Means Committee, shortage differentials, special education, State of Hawaii|
The Senate Ways and Means Committee Friday approved two measures aimed at paying teachers for their years of service and continuing shortage differentials. The bills passed with no objections made by senators on the powerful money panel and they have already been unanimously approved by the Senate Education Committee.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-17T16:24:08-10:00February 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, Bill Arakaki, BOE, gov. david ige, Jr., Kaimana Barcarse, Osa Tui, salary compression, school-level employee pay, shortage differentials|
The Hawaii Board of Education (BOE) voted unanimously Thursday to amend its general 2022 legislative policy positions to support legislation relating to increasing the compensation of school-level employees, including teachers, in public schools.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-28T17:09:30-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian immersion, HIDOE, HSTA, Osa Tui Jr, Senate Education Commi, shortage differentials, special education, testimony, written testimony|
The state Senate Education Committee gave its unanimous approval to a bill Friday that would continue funding shortage differential payments to special education and Hawaiian language immersion teachers as well as those who teach in geographically remote and hard-to-staff schools.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-24T09:54:46-10:00May 24, 2021|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 2021-2022, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto announced in a memo late Friday afternoon.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-21T17:00:25-10:00May 21, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: aid, board, Board of Education, BOE, bonuses, Bruce Voss, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, differentials, federal pandemic, funding, Jeanne Kapela, lawmakers, payments, shortage differentials, special education, teachers|
HIDOE is using the differentials to recruit, retain teachers Posted: May 21, 2021 Board of Education leaders voiced strong support Thursday for continuing teacher shortage differentials next school year and the Hawaii State Department of Education is still touting them in recruitment and retention materials even as the department works to find exactly how it will pay for them. Bruce Voss, who chairs the BOE’s Finance and Infrastructure Committee, said Thursday that the budget passed by lawmakers awaiting the governor’s signature or veto did not fund “the $32.5 million teacher differential that this board approved [...]
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-18T14:16:00-10:00November 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Felix Consent Decree, shortage differentials, special education, vacancies|
HIDOE sees 77% increase in teachers transferring into special education positions this year
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-18T12:16:00-10:00July 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, defer, HSTA, pay, proposal, shortage differentials, testimony|
In spite of new data showing they were effective, a proposal before the Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE) aims to defer millions of dollars in shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators, and educators at hard-to-staff schools.
Evan Kumasaki2020-02-07T10:28:00-10:00February 7, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: capitol, christina kishimoto, compensation, Department of Education, hawaii state legislature, high cost of living, HSTA, pay, salary adjustment, Senate Committee on Education, shortage differentials, teachers|
The Senate Education Committee Wednesday approved a proposal to appropriate $25 million to continue funding differentials in teacher shortage areas and adjust veteran’s teacher pay higher next school year.
