HRS §302A-703
How principals and vice-principals get paid
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) 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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