Report Title:
Salary Increases; teachers
Description:
Repeals the statutory provisions that provide teachers and educational officers with annual incremental or longevity step increases.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to salary increases for teachers and educational officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to repeal the statutory provision that provides teachers and educational officers of the department of education with annual increments or other longevity step increases. Salary increases and step movements are negotiated with both teachers and educational officers pursuant to chapter 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and therefore provisions relating to annual increments and step increases are no longer necessary.
SECTION 2. Section 302A-622, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§302A-622[]]
Salary ranges, teachers. Salary ranges for teachers of the department
shall be subject to the requirements of [sections 302A-624 and 302A-626]
section 302A-624 and shall be as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SALARY RANGES
POSITIONS DOESR
Class I 1
II 3
III 5
IV 6
V 7
VI 8
VII 9"
SECTION 3. Section 302A-623, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§302A-623[]]
Salary ranges, educational officers. Salary ranges for educational officer
positions of the department shall be determined by the board based on the
position classification/compensation plan approved by the board. Salary ranges
for educational officer positions shall be subject to the requirements of [sections
302A-625 and 302A-626] section 302A-625."
SECTION 4. Section 302A-703, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§302A-703[]]
Educational officers, salary incentives. (a) The salary ranges for
principal and vice-principal positions shall be determined by the board, based
on the position classification/compensation plan approved by the board and
salary incentives designed to:
(1) Keep exemplary principals and vice-principals at the school level;
(2) Encourage exemplary principals and vice-principals to accept long-term assignments to hard-to-staff schools, special needs schools, and schools with high teacher turnover;
(3) Encourage exemplary teachers to become vice-principals;
(4) Encourage exemplary vice-principals to become principals; and
(5) Encourage exemplary educational officers to become vice-principals.
(b) The department shall develop a definition of "exemplary" in consultation with the appropriate collective bargaining representative.
Salary ranges and salary incentives for
educational officer positions shall be subject to the requirements of [sections
302A-625 and 302A-626] section 302A-625."
SECTION 5. Section 302A-626, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["§302A-626 Salary increases;
annual, longevity. (a) Teachers and educational officers who have
completed a year's satisfactory service and who have complied with the other
requirements of sections 302A-602 to 302A-640, and 302A-701, shall be entitled
to an annual increment.
(b) Teachers and educational officers who
have served satisfactorily for three years in their maximum increment step or
in any longevity step and who have complied with the other requirements of
sections 302A-602 to 302A-640, and 302A-701, shall receive longevity step
increases; provided that the board may grant principals and vice-principals
longevity step increases more frequently than once every three years pursuant
to section 302A-625."]
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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