HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
Representatives from the
state Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teacher's Association will
resume negotiations on Friday, nearly a month after the teacher's union
rejected the state's latest proposal.
Back in December, the
teacher's union turned down a settlement offer that would have included the
restoration of a 5 percent wage reduction, as well as 2 percent raises for each
year of the contract until 2015 and $2,500 dollar bonuses for new teachers who
complete a probationary period.
An HSTA representative
says the state's offer required teachers to take a "blind leap of faith," since
the proposal involved a new teacher evaluation system that had yet to be
developed.
Union leaders say they had
to wait until now to resume talks with the state because members of the
negotiating team were out of town during the winter break.
The teacher's union says
it will have a counter-proposal
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