HB 2381 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Summary

Establishes a Teacher National Board Certification Incentive Program to incentivize public charter school teachers who achieve national board certification under the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Requires that incentives paid to public charter school teachers under the Teacher National Board Certification Incentive Program established for public charter school teachers and other teacher differentials be paid from funds appropriated to the State Public Charter School Commission, instead of the per-pupil allocation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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HB2381 → HB2381_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill establishes a new incentive program to reward public charter school teachers who achieve National Board Certification with bonuses and fee reimbursements. It updates funding references to align with the new program section and sets a future effective date of July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include a specific new program for incentivizing teacher certification, shifting the funding source for these incentives to the State Public Charter School Commission.

FISCAL

Created a new Teacher National Board Certification Incentive Program offering a $5,000 annual bonus, a $1,500 completion bonus, and fee reimbursements for certified teachers.

Added an extra $5,000 annual bonus for certified teachers working in schools designated as focus, priority, high turnover, or hard-to-fill.

Updated the fiscal year start date for charter school funding from 2012-2013 to 2026-2027 and changed the referenced teacher differential section number to match the new program.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act to July 1, 3000, indicating a placeholder date rather than an immediate implementation.

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Committee

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 694-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors