Education K-12

... one formal opinion and four informal opinions ....

... Examples of offenses which may be eligible for automatic expungement include domestic abuse, harassment by stalking, certain sex offenses, sexual exploitation, promoting pornography for minors, and habitual intoxicated driving ....

... more than 500 health academy students who will receive hands-on training from Hawai‘i Pacific Health physicians and medical professionals to support the community clinic ....

“The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey”

... BLNR, BoE, UH Regents and more ...

... This is the highest administrative fee ever issued by the Commission ....

... High school graduation ceremonies have been scheduled for the Class of 2024 with date, time and location information listed below ....

"...a realistic and achievable path to reducing targeted violence in our schools and throughout our community....”

"... the executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ..."

... turnover of the temporary King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lahaina to the Hawai‘i State Department of Education Feb. 27 ....

... Democrats hold primary March 6; GOP caucuses will be March 12 ....

... 7,800 HGEA employees of the state’s public school system will receive 25% of their base salary for the duration of Gov. David Ige’s emergency proclamation from March 4, 2020, to March 25, 2022 ....

... The Counties all oppose this bill ....

... since 2007, not one thin dime has been spent out of the school impact fees collected ....

... HB1780 Eliminating Good Friday? ....

... More than a year and a half after then-Gov. David Ige signed a new law providing more First Amendment protections for student journalists ....

... DHS Expands Preschool Open Doors Program to Include Eligible 3-year-olds and Increases Income Eligibility Limits ....

“...Hawaiʻi currently holds the national championship title...."

... For nearly two years DoE has blocked elementary school Good News Clubs in facilities that are open to other, similarly situated non-religious organizations ....

... class action lawsuit on behalf of present and future Campbell High School female students who participate, seek to participate, and/or are or were deterred from participating in athletics ....

... a bill calling for a constitutional amendment to enact a tax on residential investment property valued at over $3 million ....

"... Almost three-fourths (72 percent) of its teachers are alternatively certified ...."

... seeking to block an Idaho law that prohibits transgender students from using public school restrooms and locker rooms that align with their so-called 'gender identity' ....

... the Department of Education approached the Department of Budget and Finance with a list of about $900 million in projects that it didn’t think it could move before the funding for the project ran out of time ....

... a story that fused the tax-funded outlet’s search for niche necessities that require government funding with its ongoing attempt to defy science and pretend humans other than biological women get periods ....

... A new approach to poor classroom behavior that avoids suspensions and expulsions is being put to the test in Hawaii ....

... 'Pono Aina' -- another 8a, another no-bid contract ....

... absenteeism drifts from 37% to 30% as some students age out of system ....

... the parents, who are Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox, filed their lawsuit on religious freedom grounds .... 

...Public comment for a 2022-23 waiver request under Section 8401(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, due the Maui Island wildfires....

... Immersion charter schools in the Aloha State infuse native language, culture, and tradition ....

... We cannot carry on our country’s spirit of freedom and liberty without preparing the next generation to do so ....

... they continue to re-enroll in other options, including other HIDOE schools or distance learning programs, charter schools, private schools or withdraw to homeschool or relocate out of state ....

... He asked his mother if she would help him reach out to the media ....

... charters gain 311 students, non-charters lose 1296 students ....

... 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living) ....

... Oahu luncheon presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 19 featuring Connor Boyack ....

... falsifying DOE mileage and parking forms and using DOE purchase orders and a “P-Card” to steal more than $7,000 from the DOE ....

... best-selling author Connor Boyack will explain why the next generation is critical to ensuring justice and prosperity ....

... increase pay for educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools ....

... LGTBQ+ students have been filing legal challenges to the religious exemption ....

... not all of it has been peachy ....

... Only one candidate applied ....

... DoE reports a significant decrease in the number of teacher vacancies this school year – roughly 340 – compared to more than 1,000 vacancies at the start of last school year ....

... All available school bus drivers are being assigned to cover federally mandated special education transportation services and prioritize the transportation of elementary and middle school students ....

... In early 2020, when DoE approached Maui County for permits, it said that the design of the pedestrian overpass was already started and projected for it to be built in 2022 and 2023 ....

..."minors 14 years of age or older" can "consent to outpatient mental health services without the consent, knowledge or participation of their parents or legal guardians, upon consultation and agreement of their licensed therapist."....

... The continuing shortage of qualified school bus drivers statewide will suspend bus transportation services at ten of Oʻahu’s 24 high schools and four schools on Kauaʻi when the new school year begins ....

... OIP also found, sua sponte, that the PCSC executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ....

... relating to the installation of fire alarm systems at eight public schools ....