2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 18. EDUCATION
302A. Education
§302A-633.5 School personnel engaged in instructional work, other than teachers and educational officers.
[§302A-633.5] School personnel engaged in instructional work, other than teachers and educational officers. (a) The board of education shall appoint teaching assistants, educational assistants, bilingual/bicultural school-home assistants, school psychologists, psychological examiners, speech pathologists, athletic health care trainers, alternative school work/study assistants, alternative school educational/supportive services specialists, and alternative school project coordinators as may be required to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The board, in consultation with the department of human resources development, shall prescribe the duties and qualifications for positions, adopt classification systems, classify and fix the compensation of positions accordingly, provide a classification appeals procedure, and establish probationary and other requirements for tenure that protects employees from being disciplined without proper cause.
(b) Employees in positions under subsection (a) shall be board of education appointees exempt from chapter 76, but the application of section 89-6 with respect to collective bargaining coverage and the employer for purposes of collective bargaining shall not be affected. Except for rights or benefits specifically conditioned upon membership in the civil service, the wages, hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for these employees in existence on July 1, 2002 shall remain in effect, but may be changed as provided in chapter 89 or 89C, as applicable. Any employee who is a member of the civil service on July 1, 2002 shall be granted tenure by the board of education without the necessity of meeting any probationary or other requirements for tenure that the board of education establishes. [L 2000, c 253, §125]
Revision Note
"July 1, 2002" substituted for "the effective date of this Act".
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