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Saturday, October 20, 2018 |
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ConAm: Supreme Court Strikes Down HSTA Poison Pill
By Andrew Walden @ 1:03 AM :: 8115 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...HSTA members should note that their leadership has been played for the fools that they are....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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More taxes won’t cure our ills
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:18 PM :: 4668 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...even a Hawaii Supreme Court Justice isn’t sure who is supposed to pay....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Bogus Study Debunked: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Above Average
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 8933 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...With one statewide district, Hawaii ranks 51st for 'opportunity and competition'....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Why ConAm Will Hurt Teachers and Keiki
By Video @ 4:16 AM :: 7131 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...law professor Randall Roth and entrepreneur Stanley Lau are leading a community movement that says the measure will actually hurt teachers and our school children....
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Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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Gay Bullying Policy: DoE Sets Public Hearings
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 8754 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, First Amendment, Labor
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...a new section titled Chapter 89 Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedures for Student(s) Complaints against Adult(s)....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency May Be Forgoing Millions in Federal Dollars?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5520 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Taxes
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...It is very tempting for a DOE administrator to think, “There’s no benefit for us if we do all this work because the Legislature needs to fund us anyway...."
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Counties’ Challenge to HSTA Rent tax
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 5286 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument on the proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday, October 18 at 8:45 a.m. at Aliʻiōlani Hale....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Tax Hike on Renters? HSTA Trots out old Front Groups
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 6052 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...Parents for Public Schools of Hawaii was Founded in 2009 when Hawaii public schools were closed for 17 “Furlough Fridays”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Constitutional Amendment Ballot Measure Will Raise Cost of Living -- Funds may not go to Public Education
By News Release @ 6:38 PM :: 7818 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Those opposed to the constitutional amendment attending the news conference today stood outside a modest, family-owned walk-up apartment on Date Street, valued at approximately $1.5 million, to draw attention to the type of investment properties that would be impacted by the new tax....
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Sunday, September 30, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency Can Impose State Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7759 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...This law, which we have discussed before, recently has been used to create a “school impact district” that goes from Kalihi to Ala Moana....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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HSTA Rent Tax: 14 Groups Support Counties Appeal to Supreme Court
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:36 PM :: 5088 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Tax Foundation of Hawaii, a nonprofit taxpayer watchdog organization, together with 14 other organizations, businesses, and individuals, submitted a court filing supporting the Counties’ request that the Hawaii Supreme Court void the ballot measure for school funds....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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DoH Report on Underage Transsexuals Makes no Mention of the Child Molesters who Victimize Them
By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 7749 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...The term “hate crime” comes up six times in the report but the phrase “child molestation” never appears....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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'Education Tax' -- $21K per House
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:52 PM :: 5710 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...A proposed state “surcharge” on “investment real property” to fund public education could result in county property taxes statewide going up by an average of $21,005....
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Monday, September 24, 2018 |
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Report Ties Hawaii Youth Suicide Rate to HSTA Grab for HGEA Positions
By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 172676 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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"...Behavioral Specialists described an alarming frequency of significantly dangerous behaviors exhibited by a number of students, including suicide attempts that were nearly fatal...."
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Monday, September 24, 2018 |
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No way new tax won’t cost us
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:57 PM :: 5002 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...advocates of the so-called education tax have been strangely quiet about how much it will be....
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Sunday, September 23, 2018 |
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Say It’s a Tax!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5766 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Taxes
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...the ballot question doesn’t say anything at all about tax. Does that make the ballot question misleading or deceptive?....
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 |
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Strive HI -- How Did Your School Do?
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 4788 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...click any school to see test results....
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Friday, September 21, 2018 |
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Bullying App to Bring Students into DoE Faculty-Administration Retaliation System?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 PM :: 4507 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...New app will allow Hawaii students to anonymously report bullying....
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Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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VIDEO: 'Problematic' HSTA Rental Tax
By Video @ 5:40 PM :: 7531 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...Two public forums have been set to help educate voters....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018 |
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Constitutional Amendment: Support for Public Education or Misguided Public Policy?
By Video @ 3:02 AM :: 6479 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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...Stanley Lau who is the chair of the Affordable Coalition PAC which was formed to oppose the passage in the upcoming General Election of a constitutional amendment authorizing the State to tax investment property....
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Friday, September 7, 2018 |
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‘Education tax’ a Pandora's box
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:26 PM :: 6063 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...The best laid plans, we are told, often go awry ... “Especially when it comes to politicians counting on revenue from tax hikes.”....
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Friday, September 7, 2018 |
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States with the Biggest Bullying Problems
By Selected News Articles @ 1:10 PM :: 4847 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii ranks 27th ....
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 |
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HSTA Rental Tax: Expedited Hearing for Counties Lawsuit
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 7563 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Office of Elections, Taxes
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...After amended complaints were filed, the state Office of Elections said the ballot will not have a title....
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 |
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Pearl City: Lowest Percentage of Families with Small Children in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 6685 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...Pearl City also has the 2nd lowest divorce rate and the 3rd-lowest percentage of families in poverty....
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Saturday, September 1, 2018 |
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State tax first of many?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:13 AM :: 6118 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...In Hawaii, we are now looking at one of the most popular of all tax solutions: passing the costs to a nebulous “other.”....
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Friday, August 31, 2018 |
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DoE: 87% of Student Enrollment Growth Comes at Charter Schools
By News Release @ 12:19 AM :: 4632 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...This year, Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools enrolled 168,152 students (up 57 from last year) and charter schools enrolled 11,546 students (up 386 from last year)....
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 |
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DoE to Impose Multi-Million Dollar Housing Tax Kalihi to Ala Moana Starting October 1
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 7881 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes
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...To date, HIDOE has collected a combined $4.7 million in school impact fees in Leeward Oahu, West Maui and Central Maui....
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 |
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Register Now for Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 3805 Views :: Education K-12
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...LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas: Personal Finance, Consumer Rights & Responsibilities, Health & Safety, the Environment, and Technology through online quizzes and in-person competitions....
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018 |
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Monday, July 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE: 2nd-Lowest ACT Scores in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:23 PM :: 5092 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...2018’s States with the Best & Worst School Systems....
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Saturday, July 21, 2018 |
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Board of Education approves new state and complex area leadership appointments
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 4924 Views :: Education K-12
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...as recommended by Schools Superintendent Dr. Christina M. Kishimoto....
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Friday, July 20, 2018 |
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2003: Ed Case Tries to Shut Down Parents of Disabled Students
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 PM :: 5782 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Case's amendment was fiendishly clever. If it had become part of the re-authorization of the IDEA, it would have neutered not only the Felix Consent Decree and given the finger to Judge David Ezra, but would have stripped families nationwide of their ability to protect students’ rights....
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Thursday, July 19, 2018 |
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States with the Most At-Risk Youth--Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 AM :: 4564 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key indicators of youth risk....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018 |
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Hawaii federal special education profile updated
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 4435 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has created a profile for Hawaii....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Kau Charter School Shuttered Amid Criminal Investigation
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 8770 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics
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...Big Island police have subpoenaed all of the school’s computers, financial records and student records....
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Sunday, July 8, 2018 |
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Hawaii 11th Most Efficient Education System--When Cost of Living Taken into Account
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5463 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...Education narrative favoring wealthier, whiter states was just proven wrong....
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii ranks 24th in national child well-being
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 7123 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, released June 27 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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Interior Announces Funds to Extend Yap Robotics League Program to Pohnpei, Chuuk
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 3974 Views :: Education K-12
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...Assistant Secretary Domenech presented the signed grant award to Larry Raigetal of Waa’gey who accepted the grant award on behalf of the recipient organization Habele....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Special Ed: DoE Loses Class Action Suit Filed for 495 Students
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 8817 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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...495 young adults from Hawai'i will soon be receiving compensatory education and education-related services thanks to the recent settlement....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Limits Jurisdiction of Civil Rights Commission
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 7491 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...The HTA decision drastically restricted and reduced the number of state and state-funded programs that are covered under § 368-1.5, as there are very few such programs or agencies that do not receive any federal funding....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Culture of accountability results in academic successes at Kamehameha III Elementary
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 4019 Views :: Education K-12
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...King Kamehameha III Elementary has seen its achievement steadily climb in all subjects while maintaining high levels of growth....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 |
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Rusty Scalpel: Gut n Replace SB2858 Fails to meet Constitutional requirement
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 6288 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...The “Rusty Scalpel” award recognizes passage of a bill whose subject has been substantially amended without opportunity for adequate legislative review as required by the Hawaii Constitution....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 |
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Yap Robo Day Showcases Technical Excellence in Micronesia
By News Release @ 12:19 PM :: 3913 Views :: Education K-12
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...five high schools battle it out in an elimination style robotics competition....
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Monday, May 21, 2018 |
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Childcare: Mapping the Gap in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 6140 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii has shortfall of 30,000 licensed child care slots, study finds....
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Sunday, May 13, 2018 |
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HSTA Again Selects Ige as Governor
By News Release @ 12:26 AM :: 6554 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Politicians
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...he worked with HSTA for days at the bargaining table. Sometimes he stayed up with us until 3 a.m....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s first public preschool program opens new classrooms
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 7161 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...EOEL – which oversees the development of Hawaii’s only state-funded preschool program – now offers 26 prekindergarten classrooms serving 520 keiki statewide....
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Sunday, May 6, 2018 |
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Letting the Genie Out of the Bottle…for Our Keiki?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5305 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The amendment, if approved by the voters, does not define what investment real property is. Nor does it contain any limitations on the taxing power. Almost all the details are left up to the state legislature....
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Monday, April 23, 2018 |
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HSTA: Our Slush Fund is on the Ballot Nov 6
By News Release @ 5:25 PM :: 7552 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...HSTA Slush Fund Unlimited Tax Increases in Your Future....
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