DOE Reveals Furlough Plan For Teachers, Other Employees
Hawaii’s 13,000 teachers and other Department of Education employees will have to take six to 10 days of unpaid leave next year, the superintendent said Thursday after the governor ordered statewide furloughs in a bid to balance the budget.
School superintendent Christina Kishimoto revealed details of the DOE’s furlough plan for its 21,900 full-time, salaried employees in an internal video message late Thursday.
Teachers will take six furlough days between Jan. 1 and June 30. All 12-month full-time employees, which include members of DOE’s central office, will take 10 furlough days in that same six-month time frame, she said in the two minute message.
