Candidates Suggest Ways to End Hawaii Furloughs
With public anger rising over teacher furloughs in Hawaii, two of the four expected candidates for governor next year offered ways on Tuesday that the controversial moneysaving program could be halted or reduced.
Neil Abercrombie, the 10-term Democratic U.S. House member representing most of Honolulu, told The Associated Press in an interview that a recently signed labor contract for teachers could be reopened. The new agreement calls on teachers to take 17 unpaid days off in the current school year and 17 days in the next school year.
Federal economic stimulus money also could be redirected to help eliminate or reduce the furloughs even if the Legislature and the governor have already accounted for those dollars in the...
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