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Posted: Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 4:32 AM HST
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Teachers union: Hawaii gov. blocking furlough deal
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's teacher labor union says there's little chance of partially restoring the state's shortest-in-the-nation school year without Gov. Linda Lingle's support.
Hawaii State Teachers Association President Wil Okabe said Tuesday the Republican governor's "all or nothing approach" to regaining 10 furlough days this year and 17 next year is hindering efforts to return the state's 171,000 students to class.
Lingle had said Monday that she couldn't back an agreement between the union and public school officials to resume school on some, but not all, of the teacher furlough days.
The agreement called for restoring seven of the 10 remaining furlough days this school year by using $35 million in rainy day fund money.
The governor said the union's proposal didn't get enough bang for the taxpayers' buck.
(Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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