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Policy Brief

A Salary Scale for Hawaiʻi’s ECE Workforce: Advocacy One Pager

March 2026 , Hawaii

This one-pager builds on CELFE’s full policy brief, developed in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Early Childhood Educator Excellence and Equity Project. It highlights the proposed statewide salary scale for Hawaiʻi’s early care and education workforce, including key wage benchmarks and the need for sustained public investment to support a stable, qualified workforce.

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