HONOLULU — Gov. Josh Green signed a set of bills on Monday that aims to increase teacher housing, expand preschool opportunities, help child care providers get accredited and otherwise enhance support for education initiatives statewide.
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Gov. Josh Green said housing would be a key factor in recruiting and retaining the estimated 1,200 teachers needed to fill the state’s annual teacher shortage
Several new laws address early learning needs and opportunities
Green credited Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke for spearheading the push for stronger earlier education initiatives
Other bills signed on Monday addressed computer science, special education, autism individual educational plans, behavior analysis, and student records transfer
