§302A-640 - Public schools; minimum staffing levels. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§302A-640]  Public schools; minimum staffing levels.  (a)  Schools with only one class for each grade level in kindergarten through grade six shall be exempt from the average statewide class size ratio that may be established under any collective bargaining agreement between the teacher's exclusive bargaining representative and the department.  These schools shall maintain a minimum staffing level of not less than one full-time equivalent teacher position per grade level per school, for kindergarten to grade six.  This subsection shall not apply to a school with fewer than twelve students in any one grade level.

     (b)  The department shall carry out the purposes of this section using existing resource teachers within the state and district offices. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2]