HRS §302A-618
How teachers are classified and protected when transferred
The Department of Education decides which class each teacher is assigned to, based on licensing rules. If a technical school teacher moves to a community college under the University of Hawaii, they keep all their pay, benefits, and seniority. Starting in 2002-2003, the law treats certification as licensing.
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The statute, as written — Classification, teachers
(a) The designation of any teacher to any given class shall be determined by the department in accordance with licensing requirements. (b) Any teacher teaching technical school courses who is transferred to a community college under the jurisdiction of the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall not suffer any loss of salary, seniority, prior service credit, vacation, sick leave, or other employee benefit or privilege. (c) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, this section shall be interpreted as though the terms "certification" and "certificate" read "licensing" and "license", as the latter terms are used in subpart D, and as circumstances require.
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