Education K-12

“This agreement is worth more than $45 million for our members in salary increases and employer contributions to our health care plan, while establishing a pilot program to give teachers more control over their 21 hours (of professional development time)....”

...Task force statistics reveal youth, especially on neighbor islands, most at risk....

...one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting ... two significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....

...they just make a list of the projects and call them “deferred maintenance”....

...UIPA Request: DoE Refusing to Release Check Register....

...HIDOE completing school roof repairs more quickly under 'new' contracting method....

...2019’s Most & Least Financially Literate States....

...after dumping as many independent tests as possible, the DoE tries to make it look good.  Here's their report....

"...branded an “F.” How does that make the hardworking kids, educators and families of that school community feel?...."

...HIDOE announces its 2019 graduation dates for 64 schools statewide including public charter schools....

...Kona Pacific Public Charter School, 222 students, 37.4 percent not vaccinated....

... We believe these bills are unconstitutional ....

...Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth....

"SB 1474 Senate Draft 2 that proposes an increase in the GET now specifies '__ per cent or $ _____'"

...The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill to add 0.5 percent to the 4 percent state general excise tax....

...what we really need to do is fix the inefficiency....

...The Hawaii Legislature seems to have learned the wrong lesson from last year’s constitutional amendment debate....

...Kanuikapono Charter School Leadership Itself Is Now Being Watched....

...Millions of dollars from the DoE budget are on the line if HB664 or SB674  “Relating to Gender Identity” becomes law.... 

...Illegal Activities? Criminal Coverups? Unsavory Characters?....

...Title IX became law in 1972....

...Senate Bill 1474 proposes levying a 0.5 percent surcharge on the general excise and use tax in order to provide a “dedicated funding source” for the DOE and the University of Hawaii....

...three finalists to replace Kamehameha Schools Trustee Corbett Kalama whose term ends on June 30, 2019. They are:  Anton Krucky, Coralie Chun Matayoshi and Crystal Rose....

...Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy....

...The proposed Equality Act would add “gender identity” to the Civil Rights Act of 1964....

...Pre-K: Who Will Control Cash Flow, Positions?....

...It is up to us to voice concerns and to make our voice heard.... 

...Bills include tobacco restrictions, bullying prevention, safe places for youth....

...78 events and activities across the Aloha State, including open house events at schools, school fairs, homeschool information sessions, and other celebrations....

...Public agencies tend to delay or not perform preventive and predictive maintenance. Lack of preventive maintenance of assets of any type leads to deterioration that only accelerates as the maintenance is put off....

...In a budget briefing at the legislature at about this time last year, Department of Education officials reported that their backlog of repair and maintenance jobs was $293 million, and they were patting themselves on the back because it was a significant drop from the $392 million reported in 2010....

"...The chairwoman also said the BOE needs to review other past executive-session actions to ascertain whether or not they also should be invalidated...."

...they resisted a request from the Christian Brothers to set aside over a million dollars in potential costs for sex assault lawsuits from the past....

...Medicaid may provide a partial reimbursement for medically and educationally necessary, health-related services when required for a student through his or her Individualized Education Plan....

...Hawaii's top middle and high school robotics teams to compete for five spots at the 2019 VEX Worlds....

...Teams from Iolani, Maryknoll, Punahou and Waipahu high schools have earned their spot to compete at the in-person State Competition, which will be held on Saturday, February 9....

...the question posed to voters must be clear and neither misleading nor deceptive....

...14 DOE high schools “do not have separate athletic locker facilities for girls, even when boys in those same schools do have such access.” ....

...HIDOE is redesigning its facilities maintenance program to align the Department’s strategic focus....

...5,270 students were bullied or harassed again after school officials were made aware of their initial incident....

...Sovereignty flows from the will of the people.  The people’s will is statehood.  But the teacher’s union is pushing the rhetoric of an internationally-known anti-Semite to change your child's mind....

...lower state and county taxes, reduce government regulations, allow more housing to be built, update the federal Jones Act and narrow the scope of occupational licensure....

...Hawaii students tried to take their own lives at a higher rate than their peers across the country....

...It’s time to open a real dialogue in our state and work together to find real and lasting solutions for education....

...More HIDOE students are both taking and passing Advanced Placement Exams....

...Only Nevada, Mississippi, and South Carolina are lower....

...The executive committee voted unanimously to continue its commitment to address issues of concern to the people of Hawaii, starting with public education....

...The DOE’s Financial Management System, which dates to the 1990s and is used to process purchase orders and payments, went out of service during an Oct. 6 upgrade....

...the lambs (the voters and taxpayers) didn't have much of a say as usual, and portions of the arguments revealed what these folks think about the intelligence of the average Hawaii voter....

...HSTA members should note that their leadership has been played for the fools that they are....