HRS §302A-703
How principals and vice-principals get paid
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The school board sets pay ranges for principals and vice-principals. The pay can include bonuses to keep good leaders in schools, especially in hard-to-staff or special needs schools, and to encourage teachers and other education leaders to move up. The department defines what 'exemplary' means with union input.
The statute, as written — Educational officers, salary incentives
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) The salary ranges for principal and vice-principal positions shall be determined by the board, based on the position classification/compensation plan approved by the board and salary incentives designed to: (1) Keep exemplary principals and vice-principals at the school level; (2) Encourage exemplary principals and vice-principals to accept long-term assignments to hard-to-staff schools, special needs schools, and schools with high teacher turnover; (3) Encourage exemplary teachers to become vice-principals; (4) Encourage exemplary vice-principals to become principals; and (5) Encourage exemplary educational officers to become vice-principals. (b) The department shall develop a definition of "exemplary" in consultation with the appropriate collective bargaining representative. Salary ranges and salary incentives for educational officer positions shall be subject to the requirements of section 302A-625.
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