Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB1202 Compare Versions

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1		-	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 1202 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 ~~H.D. 1~~ STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
	1	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 1202 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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13	13		THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
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31	31		A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37		RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.
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43	43		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47		-	SECTION 1. Section 302A-627, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§302A-627 ~~[Credit]~~ Salary ratings of entering or reentering teachers; credit for military service. (a) ~~Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,~~ any teacher with more than one year of teaching experience, ~~licensed~~ by the ~~Hawaii teacher standards board~~, ~~and who is~~ entering or reentering the service of the department shall have the teacher's salary rating~~, as~~ determined by the personnel executive of the department, that is equal to the salary ratings held by an incumbent ~~teacher~~ in the department with identical number of years of experience. The department shall recognize prior teaching experience, whether in the State or otherwise, at an equivalent rate to incumbent teachers ~~employed by~~ the department. The department shall not limit the number of years of prior teaching experience to be recognized under this ~~subsection~~. (b) Any teacher who served on active duty with the armed forces of the United States shall be given credit by the department for the teacher's military service in the determination of the teacher's salary, the teacher's eligibility for leaves of absence, and for all other purposes of seniority. Both reentering and entering teachers shall have each year of their military service or six months thereof credited as a year of teaching experience; provided that no more than four years of credit for military service shall be allowed. Evidence of military service shall be by certificate." SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, ~~3000~~.
	47	+	SECTION 1. Section 302A-627, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§302A-627 Salary ratings of entering or reentering teachers; [Credit] credit for military service. (a) Any teacher with more than one year of teaching experience, and so accredited by the department, entering or reentering the service of the department shall have the teacher's salary rating determined by the personnel executive of the department, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, so that the salary rating shall be equal to the salary ratings held by incumbent teachers in the department with the identical number of years of experience. The department shall recognize prior teaching experience, whether in the State or otherwise, at an equivalent rate to incumbent teachers in the department. The department shall not limit the number of years of prior teaching experience that will be recognized under this paragraph. (b) Any teacher who served on active duty with the armed forces of the United States shall be given credit by the department for the teacher's military service in the determination of the teacher's salary, the teacher's eligibility for leaves of absence, and for all other purposes of seniority. Both reentering and entering teachers shall have each year of their military service or six months thereof credited as a year of teaching experience; provided that no more than four years of credit for military service shall be allowed. Evidence of military service shall be by certificate." SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49		SECTION 1. Section 302A-627, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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51		-	"§302A-627 ~~[Credit]~~ Salary ratings of entering or reentering teachers; credit for military service. (a) ~~Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,~~ any teacher with more than one year of teaching experience, ~~licensed~~ by the ~~Hawaii teacher standards board~~, ~~and who is~~ entering or reentering the service of the department shall have the teacher's salary rating~~, as~~ determined by the personnel executive of the department, that is equal to the salary ratings held by an incumbent ~~teacher~~ in the department with identical number of years of experience. The department shall recognize prior teaching experience, whether in the State or otherwise, at an equivalent rate to incumbent teachers ~~employed by~~ the department. The department shall not limit the number of years of prior teaching experience to be recognized under this ~~subsection~~.
	51	+	"§302A-627 Salary ratings of entering or reentering teachers; [Credit] credit for military service. (a) Any teacher with more than one year of teaching experience, and so accredited by the department, entering or reentering the service of the department shall have the teacher's salary rating determined by the personnel executive of the department, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, so that the salary rating shall be equal to the salary ratings held by incumbent teachers in the department with the identical number of years of experience. The department shall recognize prior teaching experience, whether in the State or otherwise, at an equivalent rate to incumbent teachers in the department. The department shall not limit the number of years of prior teaching experience that will be recognized under this paragraph.
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53	53		(b) Any teacher who served on active duty with the armed forces of the United States shall be given credit by the department for the teacher's military service in the determination of the teacher's salary, the teacher's eligibility for leaves of absence, and for all other purposes of seniority. Both reentering and entering teachers shall have each year of their military service or six months thereof credited as a year of teaching experience; provided that no more than four years of credit for military service shall be allowed. Evidence of military service shall be by certificate."
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55	55		SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
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57		-	SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, ~~3000~~.
	57	+	SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
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59		-	Report Title: DOE; Teacher Compensation; Salary Ratings; Teacher Retention Description: Recognizes prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for teachers entering or reentering into the service of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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	63	+	INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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	73	+	Report Title: DOE; Teacher Compensation; Salary Ratings; Teacher Retention Description: Promotes teacher retention by recognizing prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for entering or reentering teachers into the Department of Education. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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67	81		DOE; Teacher Compensation; Salary Ratings; Teacher Retention
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73		-	~~Recognizes~~ prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for ~~teachers~~ entering or reentering into ~~the service of~~ the Department of Education. ~~Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)~~
	87	+	Promotes teacher retention by recognizing prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for entering or reentering teachers into the Department of Education.
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81	95		The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.