Bill Text: HI HCR90 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Teacher Salary; Department of Education
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on EDN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Har, Ing, Takumi excused (3). [HCR90 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HCR90-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
URGING THE GOVERNOR, BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE HAWAII STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM MEDIAN SALARY, ADJUSTED FOR THE COST OF LIVING, THAT IS NOT THE LOWEST IN THE NATION AMONG METROPOLITAN AREAS, IN THE NEXT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, according to a recent study by the MacIver Institute, teachers in Honolulu have the lowest median salary of the sixty major metropolitan areas in the United States, adjusted for cost of living; and
WHEREAS, over half of all new-arriving teachers in Hawaii leave their district within the first five years on the job; and
WHEREAS, many teachers in Hawaii can move to many cities on the mainland to receive a higher salary in a place with a lower cost of living; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii's high cost of living is often cited as a reason many teachers move to the mainland; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of
the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015,
the Senate concurring, that the Governor, Board of Education, Department of
Education, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association are urged to establish a
minimum median salary, adjusted for the cost of living, that is not the lowest
in the nation among metropolitan areas, in the next collective bargaining
agreement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution
be transmitted to the Governor, the
Chairperson of the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Education, and the President of the Hawaii State Teachers Association.
Teacher Salary; Department of Education
