Stronger collective bargaining and anti-bullying laws are among the Hawaii State Teachers Association’s top priorities for this coming legislative session.

Here are all six priorities, as passed by the union’s board of directors earlier this month:

1. Strengthen and protect the collective bargaining law thereby preserving our collective bargaining rights. 
2. Pursue legislation to reduce health care costs without reducing services. 
3. Offer teachers a State Tax Credit for expenses personally incurred to support student learning, beyond the allocated funds approved through the Academic and Financial Plan. 
4. Protect teacher planning days. 
5. Ensure and fully fund basic education services for all students. 
6. Clarify, strengthen and enforce existing bullying laws and fund anti-bullying education at all grade levels.