A study found that the superintendents earn less than their counterparts on the mainland.

Hawaiʻi’s top educational leaders could see some of their biggest pay raises in years under a proposal scheduled to be heard by the state Board of Education Human Resources Committee on Thursday.

Twenty-four superintendents could see their maximum potential pay increase by 5% to 36%, although most wouldn’t be earning the maximum amount, said Wes Lo, who chairs the board’s Human Resources Committee and wrote the proposal . The goal, he said, is to make pay more equitable across leadership positions after the board declined to raise the salaries for some superintendents in recent years.

“This is an equity situation, just to make the jobs competitive,” Lo said. If the Human Resources Committee appro

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