HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (Department) today announced an important update to its school meal program starting in the 2025-26 school year on July 1, 2025. To ensure that students receive consistently high quality and safe meals, the Department will begin implementing the USDA’s Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Plus+ standards or…

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) has received two grants from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) partnership that will fund initiatives to enhance world language learning at schools in the ʻAiea-Moanalua-Radford and Kailua-Kalāheo Complex Areas.  DoDEA provides quality educational services to military dependents around the globe and works closely with…

​HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) announced today that 13 previously suspended school bus routes in Central Oʻahu and East Hawaiʻi Island will be reinstated starting Monday, Sept. 16, restoring service for nearly 300 student bus riders at eight schools.  The latest restored routes will be serviced by bus service providers Ground…

​HONOLULU — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (HIDOE) a five-year $60 million grant aimed at advancing effective, evidence-based literacy practices in public schools. This follows a nearly $50 million five-year Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant received in 2019. Language arts proficiency is a key performance indicator under…

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) announced today that nine previously suspended school bus routes in Central Oʻahu, East Hawaiʻi Island and Upcountry Maui will be reinstated starting Monday, Sept. 9, restoring service for nearly 200 student bus riders at seven schools.  The latest restored routes will be serviced by bus service…

HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) today named 15 complex area teachers of the year and one charter school teacher of the year as finalists for the 2025 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year recognition. “Each of these educators utilize innovative approaches to cultivate high-quality environments of teaching and learning where students…

As the new school year begins next week, workforce shortages are expected to impact the availability of student transportation and after-school care services in certain areas. These essential services are outsourced by the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) to contractors. Student TransportationDue to anticipated service gaps because of bus contractors’ ongoing shortage of school…

HONOLULU – The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) and the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) have teamed up with the National Football League, the Seattle Seahawks and Nike, among other private contributors, to make high school girls flag football a reality. Starting this school year, all public high schools can offer varsity girls…

Forty-four free, public preschool classrooms are slated to open across the state, with at least one classroom on each island. This marks a historic number of new public pre-K classrooms opening in a single year. The announcement was made Friday at Kūhiō Elementary School by Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, who is leading the state’s Ready Keiki initiative, along…

The closure would allow employees and students to participate in commemorative events and healing activities on the one-year anniversary of the Lahaina wildfires. ​The Hawai‘i State Department of Education is recommending to the Board of Education that a waiver be granted to modify required school days and student hours to allow for a one-day closure…