Bill > HB2381

This bill establishes a new Teacher National Board Certification Incentive Program to encourage public charter school teachers to achieve national board certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, offering various bonuses including an annual $5,000 for maintaining certification, a $1,500 bonus upon completion of all certification components, reimbursement for application fees, and an additional $5,000 annual bonus for teachers in designated challenging schools or schools with high turnover. The program also includes a mentoring component for certified teachers to share their expertise. Crucially, the bill shifts the funding for these teacher incentives and other teacher differentials for public charter schools from the per-pupil allocation, which is the amount of money a school receives for each student, to funds directly appropriated to the State Public Charter School Commission, meaning these incentives will no longer be deducted from the per-student funding that charter schools receive.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2381&year=2026