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HI HB2533
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Julie Reyes Oda
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AI Summary
- Mandates the Department of Education provide additional benefits to teachers with special assignments whose duties exceed their ordinary responsibilities, changing current permissive "may" language to mandatory "shall"
- Requires additional benefits for Hawaiian language immersion teachers who have unique responsibilities and advanced language proficiency requirements
- Extends additional benefits to teachers at special needs schools, defined as schools with high proportions of low-performing students based on test scores, retention rates, and graduation rates
- Appropriates unspecified general fund revenues for fiscal year 2026-2027 to implement the teacher benefit provisions
- Addresses teacher retention concerns citing national data showing 78% of public school teachers considered leaving due to excessive workloads, with approximately 79,000 teachers leaving between 2020-2024
Legislative Description
Relating To Education.
Appropriation ($)
Last Action
Referred to EDU, WAM.
3/12/2026
Committee Referrals
Education3/12/2026
Finance2/20/2026
Education2/2/2026
Full Bill Text
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