Hawaiʻi’s top educational leaders could see some of their biggest pay raises in years under a proposal scheduled to be heard by the state Board of Education Human Resources Committee on Thursday.
Twenty-four superintendents could see their maximum potential pay increase by 5% to 36%, although most wouldn’t be earning the maximum amount, said Wes Lo, who chairs the board’s Human Resources Committee and wrote the proposal. The goal, he said, is to make pay more equitable across leadership positions after the board declined to raise the salaries for some superintendents in recent years.
“This is an equity situation, just to make the jobs competitive,” Lo said. If the Human Resources Committee approves new salary ranges for superintendents, the proposal would go to the full board for a vote this fall.
The board most recently raised the salaries of deputy, assistant and complex area superintendents, who oversee school districts and manage issues like transportation and curriculum, by up to 4% last October…